Installation guide

Chapter 3. Rescue Mode 61

mount -t ext3 /dev/hda5 /foo

In the above command, /foo is a directory that you have created and /dev/hda5 is the

partition you want to mount. If the partition is of type ext2, replace ext3 with ext2.

If you do not know the names of your partitions, use the following command to list them:

fdisk -l

If your ﬁlesystem is mounted and you want to make your system the root partition, use the

command chroot /mnt/sysimage. This is useful if you need to run commands such as rpm

that require your root partition to be mounted as /. To exit the chroot environment, type

exit, and you will return to the prompt.

From the bash# prompt, you can run many useful commands including:

anaconda gzip mkfs.ext2 ps

badblocks head mknod python

bash hwclock mkraid python1.5

cat ifconfig mkswap raidstart

chattr init mlabel raidstop

chmod insmod mmd rcp

chroot less mmount rlogin

clock ln mmove rm

collage loader modprobe rmmod

cp ls mount route

cpio lsattr mpartition rpm

dd lsmod mrd rsh

ddcprobe mattrib mread sed

depmode mbadblocks mren sh

df mcd mshowfat sync

e2fsck mcopy mt tac

fdisk mdel mtools tail

fsck mdeltree mtype tar

fsck.ext2 mdir mv touch

fsck.ext3 mdu mzip traceroute

ftp mformat open umount

gnome-pty-helper minfo pico uncpio

grep mkdir ping uniq

gunzip mke2fs probe zcat

3.3. Booting Single-User Mode

You may be able to boot single-user mode directly. If your system boots, but does not allow

you to log in when it has completed booting, try single-user mode.

If you are using GRUB, use the following steps to boot into single-user mode:

1. If you have a GRUB password conﬁgured, type p and enter the password.

2. Select Red Hat Linux with the version of the kernel that you wish to boot and type e

for edit. You will be presented with a list of items in the conﬁguration ﬁle for the title

you just selected.

3. Select the line that starts with kernel and type e to edit the line.

4. Go to the end of the line and type single as a separate word (press the [Spacebar] and

then type single). Press [Enter] to exit edit mode.