08-14-2007
Single user mode
Your Unix Version?..
Just to share i'm using unix 5.1b on My HP DS15 Alpha Server.
To boot single user mode:
Open a session as root, and shutdown the system with the following command:
# shutdown -h now
Boot now the system in single-user mode with the following firmware command:
>>> boot -fl s
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I'm not sure if it helps...
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SPLASHY(1) Splashy POSIX boot splash system SPLASHY(1)
NAME
Splashy - a user-mode, POSIX and LSB compliant, boot splashing system for UNIX.
SYNOPSIS
splashy { boot | shutdown | test | preview }
splashy_chvt { TTY_NUMBER }
DESCRIPTION
Splashy displays an image and a progress bar at boot time. When called as splashy_chvt, it allows the same functionality as the UNIX
command chvt.
OPTIONS
boot Does boot sequence. See EXAMPLES.
shutdown
Does shutdown sequence. See EXAMPLES.
test, preview
Use to test splashy without having to reboot the system. this shows a progressbar continuously moving as well as the current image
for the currently selected theme. See EXAMPLES.
EXAMPLES
"/sbin/splashy test"
Used to test splashy. Useful for testing new themes.
"/sbin/splashy boot"
Used when booting your system. This is run automatically by a initrc script during boot.
"/sbin/splashy shutdown"
Similar in spirit to boot, but run during shutdown. This is run automatically by a initrc script during shutdown.
FILES
/etc/splashy/config.xml
Main configuration. defines how splashy should be setup.
/etc/splashy/themes/default/config.xml
Default theme. defines how the images displayed by splashy should be setup, their location and other theme-related variables.
NOTES
To use splashy as chvt, make a symbolic link from splashy's location to a new path. i.e.: cd /sbin; ln -s splashy splashy_chvt
SEE ALSO
splashy_config(1), splashy_update(1), splashy-config.xml(5), splashy-theme.xml(5)
AUTHORS
Luis Mondesi <lemsx1@gmail.com>
perl v5.12.1 2010-07-05 SPLASHY(1)