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[Jyotishmaan Ray]

Hello Jim, 

Once i uinsert CD, hw should i go to command line prompt ?

I tried going through the main menu but it was not accepting the command 

linux rescue


Please HELP, stepwise?? Plz note the os is fedora-linux 7.


Thanking you in advance,

 














       
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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:30:35 +0200 (CEST)
From: "Jim van Wel" <jim at coolzero.info>
Subject: Re: How To Go Into Rescue Mode Of Installed Boot!!
To: "For users of Fedora" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
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Hi there,

Just insert the cd and start at boot with:

linux rescue

Here you can mount your hard drive again and change things etc...

Greetings,
Jim.


> Dear All,
>
>
>
> This is  Jyotishmaan   Ray.    I  have already installed fedora linux
> version 7. I get the following options:-
>
>
>
> Fedora (2.6.22.1-41.fc7)
>
> Fedora (2.6.20-2925.13.fc7xen)
>
> Fedora (2.6.20-2925.9.fc7xen)
>
> Fedora(2.6.21-1.3194.fc7)
>
>
>
> Now
> the thing is that- i had installed LDAP server for users authentication
> (downloaded from the openldap site). After that for authentication, i
> had to change one file named nsswitch.conf file . For the first time
> when i changed this file as per my need, i got the "segmentaion fault"
> which made the system unbootable. But then i went into the single mode
> booting from the main menu.
>
>
>
> After that, i changed the
> nsswitch.conf file (revert back to the original format) and the system
> was bootable. since i dint have much idea of authentication, i had to
> revert back each time to nsswitch.conf file and comment one line and
> check if LDAP server was authenticating the users or not.
>
>
>
> Now
> after i commented one line in nsswitch.conf file, the system BOOTs but
> then after the taking the logind : root it does not show the password
> prompt-the reason being that the password file is not being read while
> the system boots.
>
>
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> I  tried several times to skip, the whole process, from the main menu, but
> then it does  boots in "single mode" too.
>
>
>
> Now, from the fedora's site, i have come to know, that there is way to
> boot the system in :-
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>
>
> Rescue Installed System, But then How To do ??
>
>
>
> How can i go into that mode  ;- Rescue Installed System Boot??
>
>
>
> Unless
> i uncomment that line in nsswitch.conf file OF LDAP server, the system
> will remain un usable as no body can log into the server.
>
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>
> Please HELP, urgently. Your
>  help would be highly solicited by me, as a newbie FEDORA.
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>
> I am trying since yesterday, night!!!! Please HELP!!!!!!!
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> Thanking You In Anticipation,
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> With Best Regards,
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> Jyotishmaan Ray
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> With Thanks and Regards,
> Jyotishmaan Ray
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