not able of booting into rescue mode

[Ahmad Samir]

On 30 January 2015 at 20:32, jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 01/30/2015 05:25 AM, Ahmad Samir wrote:
>>
>> On 30 January 2015 at 11:30, Angelo Moreschini
>> <mrangelo.fedora at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm not able of booting fedora 20 into rescue mode.
>>>
>>> In the manuals is wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Once you have booted, using one of the described methods, (booting  from
>>> a
>>> boot CD-ROM or DVD, ...,  ...)
>>>
>>> add the keyword rescue as a kernel parameter.
>>>
>>> For example, for an x86 system, type the following command at the
>>> installation boot prompt:
>>>
>>> linux  rescue
>>>
>>> etc ...............
>>>
>>>
>> Where did you read that?
>>
>> This is the F20 installation guide:
>>
>> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/20/html/Installation_Guide/sect-boot-options-rescue.html
>>
>> The rescue option is only available in the netinstall and the DVD
>> images, but not the Live images AFAIK.
>>
>> [...]
>
> Bad advice and wrong.
> All the OP has to do is hit the escape key to get the boot: command prompt
> at which s/he can type linux rescue
>

There's no rescue option on the Live image AFAICS; typing rescue at
the "boot: " prompt returns an error.

And IINM adding rescue to the kernel cmdline is the equivalent to
using "rescue" the "boot: " prompt on the netinstall or the DVD
images.

-- 
Ahmad Samir