Also if you boot from the install CDs these days, a root shell is available
in ctrl-alt-F1 where you can usually mount the filesystems as something like
/mnt/whatever (eg /mnt/etc ) and you might be able to fix things.
The only catch is you have to remember where the utilities are, eg vi would
be in this case /mnt/bin/vi
I had to do that at home during an install (SuSE) because I had some
experimental stuff in /etc/fstab which I fixed this way with /mnt/bin/vi
/mnt/etc/fstab
That's just an example. The red hat install CDs should give you a similar
sort of option. The installation guide notes that the disk writing doesn't
happen till later in the show after you have specified everything, so I
wouldn't be concerned about it damaging your files unless you selected the
"OK" at that stage.
(security note: that is why on a modern PC, physical device security is the
first step).
Regards,
Jill.
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