[opensuse] How to get to "init 1" now?
With grub it was a simple matter of typing in "init 1" at the grub menu when booting the computer and one was taken to level 1 of the system. Now with this "progression" (!?) to grub2 this is longer can be done. I need to get to level 1 to be able to run e2fsck to check the file system (ext4). How does one now get to level 1 without "/" partition being inactive? Anyone know, please? BC -- Using openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 KDE 4.9.3 & kernel 3.6.5-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2012-11-09 13:49 (GMT+1100) Basil Chupin composed:
With grub it was a simple matter of typing in "init 1" at the grub menu when booting the computer and one was taken to level 1 of the system. Now with this "progression" (!?) to grub2 this is longer can be done.
I need to get to level 1 to be able to run e2fsck to check the file system (ext4).
Did you try single instead of 1? Or, is the problem you can't find how to modify a Grub2 stanza cmdline? I'm just asking. All my openSUSEs use Grub Legacy, including 12.3M1. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 09/11/12 14:23, Felix Miata wrote:
On 2012-11-09 13:49 (GMT+1100) Basil Chupin composed:
With grub it was a simple matter of typing in "init 1" at the grub menu when booting the computer and one was taken to level 1 of the system. Now with this "progression" (!?) to grub2 this is longer can be done.
I need to get to level 1 to be able to run e2fsck to check the file system (ext4).
Did you try single instead of 1? Or, is the problem you can't find how to modify a Grub2 stanza cmdline? I'm just asking. All my openSUSEs use Grub Legacy, including 12.3M1.
Not sure how to answer your questions, Felix..... I cannot alter the "Grub2 stanza.." 'cause I cannot see it. I thought that by pressing SHIFT when grub was about to come on-screen that I would get what appeared in grub but this did not happen. Trying "single"? Where or how? When the system is running I can go to a terminal, become root, type "init 1" and get to level 1. But then when I try to remount the root partition as 'ro' [read only] I get the response that this cannot be done because "/" is busy. It was all so easy under grub. Now I think that the only way is to use SystemRescueCD -- which I just downloaded (latest version 3.1.1). Let's see what happens with this aid.... BC -- Using openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 KDE 4.9.3 & kernel 3.6.5-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2012-11-09 16:36 (GMT+1100) Basil Chupin composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
On 2012-11-09 13:49 (GMT+1100) Basil Chupin composed:
With grub it was a simple matter of typing in "init 1" at the grub menu when booting the computer and one was taken to level 1 of the system. Now with this "progression" (!?) to grub2 this is longer can be done.
I need to get to level 1 to be able to run e2fsck to check the file system (ext4).
Did you try single instead of 1? Or, is the problem you can't find how to modify a Grub2 stanza cmdline? I'm just asking. All my openSUSEs use Grub Legacy, including 12.3M1.
Not sure how to answer your questions, Felix..... I cannot alter the "Grub2 stanza.." 'cause I cannot see it. I thought that by pressing SHIFT when grub was about to come on-screen that I would get what appeared in grub but this did not happen. Trying "single"? Where or how?
What does your Grub menu look like? Graphical? Plain 80x25 text? Framebuffer text? I don't have Grub2 anywhere except on *buntu, where all I get with Grub 1.98 is white on black text, just like a non-graphical openSUSE Grub Legacy, where you press e with the line you want to edit to add 1 or single highlighted. Why do you feel compelled to press the shift key? Single is just a substitute for 1, geared to systemd's init system.
It was all so easy under grub. Now I think that the only way is to use SystemRescueCD -- which I just downloaded (latest version 3.1.1). Let's see what happens with this aid....
You don't need systemrescuecd just to fsck your / partition. Any openSUSE installation DVD or live media provides you that opportunity. All my systems are multiboot, so I just boot something else if there's a / filesystem problem to fix that won't autofix on boot. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:52:06 -0500 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
where you press e with the line you want to edit
Exactly the same works grub2 in openSUSE. Press e as in e-dit and you can do all you need. Also, kernel line is now "linux". -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2012-11-09 06:36, Basil Chupin wrote:
Not sure how to answer your questions, Felix..... I cannot alter the "Grub2 stanza.." 'cause I cannot see it. I thought that by pressing SHIFT when grub was about to come on-screen that I would get what appeared in grub but this did not happen. Trying "single"? Where or how?
I'm going from memory, from a post I read here time ago, as I don't use grub 2. You press ESC, I think, and you get to a full editor. You edit the kernel line for this time only, it is not saved. There you write the 1, and continue booting. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.4 x86_64 "Celadon" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREIAAYFAlCc8rwACgkQja8UbcUWM1y7CAD9HdrSq2nteULnmLzc45cEQ/o7 HPp0cCzEgJRsdAcIX+QA/3F5DVwe/1KJP4wVgvW0jAeMi++2rTOTilAW4N+zHVUA =5Xf0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 09/11/12 23:10, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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On 2012-11-09 06:36, Basil Chupin wrote:
Not sure how to answer your questions, Felix..... I cannot alter the "Grub2 stanza.." 'cause I cannot see it. I thought that by pressing SHIFT when grub was about to come on-screen that I would get what appeared in grub but this did not happen. Trying "single"? Where or how? I'm going from memory, from a post I read here time ago, as I don't use grub 2. You press ESC, I think, and you get to a full editor. You edit the kernel line for this time only, it is not saved. There you write the 1, and continue booting.
Thanks for trying, Carlos, but....nope, ESC doesn't work :-) . BC -- Using openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 KDE 4.9.3 & kernel 3.6.5-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2012-11-09 14:23, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 09/11/12 23:10, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Thanks for trying, Carlos, but....nope, ESC doesn't work :-) .
Then it will be some other key. I know that some key gives you a menu and then to an editor. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.4 x86_64 "Celadon" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREIAAYFAlCdBbUACgkQja8UbcUWM1whTQD/fKiZM3hr3ArnbBKT7Mg+rUgg 6pqLVoaI/KKhWNsmWlMA+gLe8Ce5d2es5Z71/89ytIjoc8HwREP7u01yNjU/z7oD =6SNR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 10/11/12 00:31, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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On 2012-11-09 14:23, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 09/11/12 23:10, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Thanks for trying, Carlos, but....nope, ESC doesn't work :-) . Then it will be some other key. I know that some key gives you a menu and then to an editor.
I am pretty sure that it was the SHIFT key but that appears to only apply if one is using grub and not grub2. BC -- Using openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 KDE 4.9.3 & kernel 3.6.5-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Sat 10 Nov 2012 12:23:00 AM CST, Basil Chupin wrote: <snip>
I'm going from memory, from a post I read here time ago, as I don't use grub 2. You press ESC, I think, and you get to a full editor. You edit the kernel line for this time only, it is not saved. There you write the 1, and continue booting.
Thanks for trying, Carlos, but....nope, ESC doesn't work :-) .
BC
Hi Taping the esc key a few times works for me with grub2, menu pops up for doing what ever... -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop up 0:02, 3 users, load average: 0.28, 0.16, 0.06 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Hi, Am 09.11.2012 03:49, schrieb Basil Chupin:
With grub it was a simple matter of typing in "init 1" at the grub menu when booting the computer and one was taken to level 1 of the system. Now with this "progression" (!?) to grub2 this is longer can be done.
I need to get to level 1 to be able to run e2fsck to check the file system (ext4). How does one now get to level 1 without "/" partition being inactive? Anyone know, please?
If you simply create this file: /forcefsck on the next boot your filesystem will be checked automatically. You can create the file like this: touch /forcefsck Karl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 09/11/12 20:10, Karl Sinn wrote:
Hi,
Am 09.11.2012 03:49, schrieb Basil Chupin:
With grub it was a simple matter of typing in "init 1" at the grub menu when booting the computer and one was taken to level 1 of the system. Now with this "progression" (!?) to grub2 this is longer can be done.
I need to get to level 1 to be able to run e2fsck to check the file system (ext4). How does one now get to level 1 without "/" partition being inactive? Anyone know, please?
If you simply create this file: /forcefsck on the next boot your filesystem will be checked automatically.
You can create the file like this: touch /forcefsck
Karl
Thanks for trying, Karl, but your suggestion didn't do anything as far as I know or expected :-) . I'll try the SystemRescueCD tomorrow morning. BC -- Using openSUSE 12.2 x86_64 KDE 4.9.3 & kernel 3.6.5-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Am 09.11.2012 14:28, schrieb Basil Chupin:
On 09/11/12 20:10, Karl Sinn wrote:
Hi,
Am 09.11.2012 03:49, schrieb Basil Chupin:
With grub it was a simple matter of typing in "init 1" at the grub menu when booting the computer and one was taken to level 1 of the system. Now with this "progression" (!?) to grub2 this is longer can be done.
I need to get to level 1 to be able to run e2fsck to check the file system (ext4). How does one now get to level 1 without "/" partition being inactive? Anyone know, please?
If you simply create this file: /forcefsck on the next boot your filesystem will be checked automatically.
You can create the file like this: touch /forcefsck
Karl
Thanks for trying, Karl, but your suggestion didn't do anything as far as I know or expected :-) .
I'll try the SystemRescueCD tomorrow morning.
BC
Hmm.. for me it did the trick. I'm afraid I can't help you then. good luck Karl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Friday 09 November 2012, Basil Chupin wrote:
On 09/11/12 20:10, Karl Sinn wrote:
Hi,
Am 09.11.2012 03:49, schrieb Basil Chupin:
With grub it was a simple matter of typing in "init 1" at the grub menu when booting the computer and one was taken to level 1 of the system. Now with this "progression" (!?) to grub2 this is longer can be done.
I need to get to level 1 to be able to run e2fsck to check the file system (ext4). How does one now get to level 1 without "/" partition being inactive? Anyone know, please?
If you simply create this file: /forcefsck on the next boot your filesystem will be checked automatically.
You can create the file like this: touch /forcefsck
Karl
Thanks for trying, Karl, but your suggestion didn't do anything as far as I know or expected :-) .
You may also use file system tools to force fsck on next reboot. For example for ext2/3/4 see tune2fs(8). cu, Rudi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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