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Operating Systems Linux Red Hat INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast Post 302510495 by mark54g on Monday 4th of April 2011 07:42:16 AM
Old 04-04-2011
If you can reboot and are using grub, type "e" at the prompt to edit the line. Then, go to the second of three lines and add the following:


linux single


and then boot that modified (for this attempt only) line

It should bring you into single user mode and allow you to show us what the /etc/inittab looks like.
 

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GRUB-EDITENV(1) 						   User Commands						   GRUB-EDITENV(1)

NAME
grub-editenv - edit GRUB environment block SYNOPSIS
grub-editenv [OPTION...] FILENAME COMMAND DESCRIPTION
Tool to edit environment block. Commands: create Create a blank environment block file. list List the current variables. set [NAME=VALUE ...] Set variables. unset [NAME ...] Delete variables. -?, --help give this help list --usage give a short usage message -v, --verbose print verbose messages. -V, --version print program version Options: If FILENAME is `-', the default value /boot/grub/grubenv is used. There is no `delete' command; if you want to delete the whole environment block, use `rm /boot/grub/grubenv'. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>. SEE ALSO
grub-reboot(8), grub-set-default(8) The full documentation for grub-editenv is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-editenv programs are properly installed at your site, the command info grub-editenv should give you access to the complete manual. grub-editenv (GRUB) 2.02-2ubuntu8.3 July 2018 GRUB-EDITENV(1)
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