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From: jellybean stonerfish
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Subject: Re: Bootup stops at fsck?
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On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:46:20 +0000, peter wrote:
> As of this morning my (mostly) beautifully behaved Edgy won't boot in
> either full or recovery mode. Messages on screen say fsck root file
> system check ok, then checking file system - and that's where it
> freezes.
>
> I don't know how to bypass this check, since I can't boot even into a
> cli.
>
> Help anyone?
If I remember correctly, when grub loads, hit esc. Then "e" to edit.
Edit your kernel line and add -b. I think -b makes your kernel boot in
basic mode without running init. (or any init-scripts). Then you can do a
fdisk or whatever.
--
stonerfish
dare to explore
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