Re: [TCLUG:840] Idiot alert

[Jim Raney <jraney@minn.net>]

Tim Wilson wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> *Dons dunce cap*
> 
> I did something stupid. I edited my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file and put the
> line:
> 
> /home/tim/rc5des -runoffline
> 
> in there. After rebooting from Win95, I discover that after booting RC5
> starts up (what a shock *duh*). Unfortunately, since I neglected to
> direct output to /dev/null and also the & after the command, my computer
> is chugging busily away cracking RC5 blocks. I can't kill RC5 to re-edit
> the file.
> 
> "Boot from a floppy," you say. I tried that and realized that my rescue
> disk is at school.
> 
> Is there any way to kill RC5 and regain control of my console? Help...
> 
> -Tim
> 
> --
> Timothy D. Wilson                    "A little song, a little dance,
> Henry Sibley High School              a little seltzer down your pants."
> 1897 Delaware Ave, W St. Paul, MN          -Chuckles the Clown as
> wilson@chemsun.chem.umn.edu                 eulogized by Ted Baxter
> 
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If you are using LILO to boot, try typing "linux
single" at the boot prompt.  This should boot you
into single user mode just using sh with none of
your usual boot-launched programs running.

--
Jim Raney