Happy to be of service. On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Katrin Koumpikova wrote:
> It worked great, thanks a lot! > > katrin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 10:17 AM > Subject: Re: can't edit ifcfg-ppp0 > > > > I'm guessing that you don't realize that "sh-2.05#" is shell prompt. > > > > You're not hung...you're at a command prompt. Type: > > "vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0" > > > > and change the "ONBOOT" line as was suggested below. > > > > On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Katrin Koumpikova wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > After trying to configure my modem and the dial up connection to the > Internet I can no longer boot my Red Hat 7.2. It hangs on Bringing up ppp0. > Below are the emails I found and I tried to follow the instructions for > changing ifcfg-ppp0 after booting using: linux emergency. The problem is > that the ifcfg-ppp0 file is system and read only. I checked it's attributes > and it has rw but when I open it in vi, it firts tells me "Unable to open > swap file for recovery". After that I can do the changes just fine but when > I try to exit vi and save the changes (:w!) it says ifcfg-ppp0 Can't open > file for writing. I tried to copy or rename the file but the system wuoldn't > let me do it saying: Read only file system. > > > After that I tried booting Linux using: linux single but it hang on > sh-2.05. > > > > > > What else can I try? Please help! > > > > > > Katrin > > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, BUDINATA,KEVIN (HP-Singapore,ex2) wrote: > > > > > > > Hi.... > > > > > > > > After some lab test for kppp configuration, my system hang during > > > > "Bringing up interface ppp0" > > > > How to solve this or skip this process and recover it back ? > > > > > > > > -Kevin- > > > > > > > At a guess, I would try booting into the single user mode, and editing > > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0. Change ONBOOT=yes to > > > ONBOOT=no. > > > > > > Mikkel > > > > > > > -- > > Mike Burger > > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Seawolf-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
