[lug] Recovering using the RedHat CD?

Scott A. Herod herod at interact-tv.com
Wed Nov 22 14:22:59 MST 2000


No, it still hacks right after saying:

"loading sound module (via82cxxx)"

Scott

"Ferdinand P. Schmid" wrote:
> 
> Boot into single user mode:
> At the boot prompt LILO:
> type: linux single
> 
> That should get you to a prompt and you can do basic sys admin work.
> 
> Ferdinand
> 
> "Scott A. Herod" wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > Slightly embarrassing question:  I've just run sndconfig on a new
> > machine that contains some rare sound hardware, and while sndconfig
> > reports that it found the hardware and wrote something into
> > /etc/conf.modules, the machine now fails to boot.  It freezes while
> > initializing sound.  Is there a way to mount the hard drive while
> > booting off the RedHat CD?  All I want to do is comment out a
> > line in /etc/conf.modules.  If not, I guess I can pull the drive
> > out and stick it in another box temporarily.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Scott




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