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Re: ENDLESS RE-BOOT CYCLES ......

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From: Guillaume Filion
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 00:00
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In article <379794A7.D0258E0F@usa.net>, DanH <herrglock@usa.net> wrote:

> > In comp.security.misc MB <mb50789@pop3.zamnet.zm> wrote:
> > : Can any one tell what causes the "endless re-boot cycles"  at startup and
> > : what fixes are available??
> 
> Buddy of mine found another job (better pay) and took it.  Before he
> left, he took MY desktop (he's a sysadmin too, so we have root) and put
> a /etc/rc1.d/S99byebye script there that had one word in it
> 
> reboot
> 
> *sheesh*  Glad I made a couple boot Linux disks and that you can mount a
> UFS drive with one.
> 
> Some people's children :)

It's maibe a stupid question, but is there any option to bypass the
loading of all the gizmos installed, to load just the minimum, kernel and
filesystem...? Like holding the shift key on MacOS or the F8 key in
win/dos.

An option like this would have save you a bunch of time...

GFK's
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From: jfilion@videotron.ca (Guillaume Filion)
Subject: Re: ENDLESS RE-BOOT CYCLES ......
Date: 1999/07/29
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