emergency disk/mounting files

1999-01-19 Thread KTB
I need to change an X config file I screwed up so I can get into Linux. I'm using my boot disk to get to root, so I can bypass X, so I can edit the file. This is the message and prompt I get when booting from the floppy: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) read only. sh: /usr/bin/check

Re: emergency disk/mounting files

1999-01-19 Thread Rafael Kitover
On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 12:12:16AM -0600, KTB wrote: I need to change an X config file I screwed up so I can get into Linux. I'm using my boot disk to get to root, so I can bypass X, so I can edit the file. This is the message and prompt I get when booting from the floppy: VFS: Mounted

Re: emergency disk/mounting files

1999-01-19 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, KTB wrote: I need to change an X config file I screwed up so I can get into Linux. I'm using my boot disk to get to root, so I can bypass X, so I can edit the file. This is the message and prompt I get when booting from the floppy: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)

Re: emergency disk/mounting files

1999-01-19 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, KTB wrote: I need to change an X config file I screwed up so I can get into Linux. I'm using my boot disk to get to root, so I can bypass X, so I can edit the file. This is the message and prompt I get when booting from the

Re: emergency disk/mounting files

1999-01-19 Thread KTB
Brandon Mitchell wrote: On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, KTB wrote: I need to change an X config file I screwed up so I can get into Linux. I'm using my boot disk to get to root, so I can bypass X, so I can edit the file. This is the message and

Re: emergency disk/mounting files

1999-01-19 Thread Brandon Mitchell
On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, KTB wrote: I don't know that I can explain it very well but I'm booting to begin with from the rescue disk. When boot: comes up I type linux init=/bin/sh There is no color screen I'm not sure what a mono screen is. I just get the regular non-X screen. I tried mount -o

Thanks/Re: emergency disk/mounting files

1999-01-19 Thread KTB
Brandon Mitchell wrote: On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, KTB wrote: I don't know that I can explain it very well but I'm booting to begin with from the rescue disk. When boot: comes up I type linux init=/bin/sh There is no color screen I'm not sure what a mono screen is. I just get the regular