[mythtv-users] Help / suggestions /: Myth locked up and now ...

[Stuart Felenstein]

"Jarod C. Wilson" <jcw at wilsonet.com> wrote:
On Dec 25, 2003, at 00:30, Stuart Felenstein wrote:

> For whatever reason that didn't seem to be an option or work.  It 
> never gave me the choice to type 'linux rescue'.  The screen comes up 
> with two options one being text, but it doesn't allow me to choose.  I 
> probably was not using the CD correctly.

Eh?!? Did you not ever get a "boot:" prompt? And what happens if you 
press F1-5 before the kernel starts loading? You *should* see various 
explanation texts of different things you can do. I believe F5 is some 
docs on rescue mode. You ought to be able to type in "linux rescue" at 
the prompt and be able to go to town. If you're not able to do any of 
the above, something is amiss with your installer CD, because that's 
been typical of Red Hat installation CDs for some years now...

I did not know about the F1-5 option.  I did read through the steps at RHN but apparently there was either a step missing or I messed up.

> "Jarod C. Wilson" wrote:
>
> And if you're a RH/FC person, you can also boot off CD1, and pass
> "linux rescue" at the boot: prompt. I vary between that and Knoppix for
> most rescue operations.

There's always Knoppix (or the Gentoo or most any other live CD). The 
Linux Bootable Business Card (lnxbbc) is also a good option. (I've been 
playing with PHLAK some lately, though that live CD is intended for a 
bit different use... :).


I ran a Debian rescue iso,  and it did get me to maintenance mode.  Ran fsck on /dev/hda1 and saw a whole mess of things I was not comprehending, cloned I-Nodes seemed to be predominant.   I don't think my interaction helped one bit.

Stuart
-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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