Re: [lug-nuts] Boot question

From: M1Nine (scream@cwo.com)
Date: Fri Dec 03 1999 - 10:43:51 PST


Rick Johnson wrote:

> I believe Redhat 6.1 has an interactive boot option. This will allow you
> to decide what services to start.
>
> On other systems, I usually boot to single user mode and then disable the
> init scripts that start the services I don't want for that session.
>
> -Rick
>
> On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Jason Painter wrote:
>
> > At the Boot: prompt, what can I enter to stop a specific service or
> > services from not loading during the boot process? Specifically I
> > don't want the e-mail or HTTPD service to load, they're hosed and need
> > some fixing. Thanks!
> >
> > The Rookie
> >
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You can also at the lilo prompt type linux 1 and it will take you into single
user mode. This only loads a minimum set of services. You can then go and edit
your respective /etc/rc.d/rcX.d files.

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