boot process hangs on init of mysqld

When my boot process starts mysqld, it hangs. How can I get it unstuck? I cannot ssh into the machine because the boot process hasn't progressed far enough. So, I cannot edit the init scripts to remove mysqld. Is there some key-stroke sequence I might be able to try to interrupt the

Re: boot process hangs on init of mysqld

Thanks Keith! Unfortunately, this machine uses Lilo instead of Grub. Can something similar be done to enter 'single user mode' when booting using Lilo? -- Mark Quoting Keith Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: