Help - can't boot

[Kevin]

--- Claude Jones <claude_jones at levitjames.com> wrote:
> Kevin wrote:
> | --- Claude Jones <claude_jones at levitjames.com>
> wrote:
> || I've pulled a real bad move. I stuck a three line
> || script into
> || rc.local It just changes directories and calls up
> a python
> || based server app for spam filtering. My screen
> just hangs when
> || I get to that part of the boot process. Shelling
> out just
> || leads to blank
> || screen. I need some way of getting access to
> || rc.local and editing
> || out those commands. Can someone help - I'm lucky
> in that it's
> || booting enough to provide DHCP and routing
> services so I can
> || send this email from my laptop.
> | 
> | Can you <CTRL><ALT><F1> to a terminal and login?
> | 
> 
> No - it hangs just before it gets to the login
> screen. CTL-ALT-F1
> does nothing. I had an older Knoppix CD here, but it
> can't read
> the drive with /etc on it... I also have an older
> ver Linux rescue
> floppy, but it won't boot...
> 
> 
> Claude Jones
> Levit & James, Inc./WTVS
> Leesburg, VA, USA
> 
> 
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At the very first part of the boot sequence, type ¨
single¨  ie at the boot loader where it says Fedora
Core2, hit the a key and type in <space> single then
press enter.  This will boot into single mode and you
can edit the file from there

Hope it works!


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