Re: Rescue mode

["Alexander Maryanchick" <Sasha@GDev.msk.ru>]

>> I wonder that Linux has no rescue boot mode.
> It does. Pass the command line  parameter "single" to the kernel. You can
> do this from the LILO prompt without changing your configuration file.

    xinitrc corrupted -> reboot:
boot 1 (xdm); crash
boot 2 (single or  emergency) <-- MUST BE ELIMINATED.
    Got sash instead of xdm :-(.
    Find the corrupted file (may require some minutes (or even hours) of
work and some reboots)
boot 3 (rescue) - old configuration
boot 4: Finally !

In 99% of cases the system can remember the latest stable configuration
and automaticaly restore it in case of crash.
This can save to user a lot of time.

May be I'm wrong, and this feature can be realized by some script
(which also may be corrupted :-) ) or by lilo?
Then sorry for offtopic.
And can anybody give me an link to such script?


                        Best regards.

                                        Alexander.


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