Re: tlug: MILO problem

[gaijin@example.com (John Little)]

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tlug note from gaijin@example.com (John Little)
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%
% I still got a problem with booting Linux from one of DEC Alpha system with
% REDHAT 4.1.
% Does anybody knows how pass parameters to MILO, allowing me to boot to a
% single-user mode? System hangs while trying to load one of services, but
% file system is mounted properly.
%

Yuri,

   It looks as though MILO uses the variable BOOT_STRING to pass
   arguments to the kernel. At a guess, I would say something
   like "setenv BOOT_STRING single" at the MILO> prompt should
   work.


			-John-

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