Solaris > Boot system into single user mode
IA32 system:
1) At boot, prompt type
b –s : To boot system into single mode
b –a : To boot system step-by-step i.e. interactively.
SPARC System:
1) At Ok, prompt type:
boot –s : To boot system into single mode
boot –a : To boot system step-by-step i.e. interactively
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Sir, To boot Solaris machine in rescue mode.. we can use following command.
boot cdrom -s
Please include this command also!
Thanks!
Ashish
Ohh.. It is there in emergency boot..
Thanks!
Ashish
If you add the following to /boot/grub/menu.lst, it will appear in the grub menu.
$ echo “
title Solaris 10 1/06 Single User Boot
root (hd0,2,a)
kernel /platform/i86pc/multiboot -s
module /platform/i86pc/boot_archive
” >> /boot/grub/menu.lst
Thanks It helped a lot