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

See also Solaris > How to boot system into emergency mode

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1 Ashish 04.04.05 at 6:20 pm

Sir, To boot Solaris machine in rescue mode.. we can use following command.
boot cdrom -s
Please include this command also!
Thanks!
Ashish

2 Ashish 04.04.05 at 6:24 pm

Ohh.. It is there in emergency boot.. ;-)
Thanks!
Ashish

3 JD 03.22.07 at 10:37 pm

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

4 Amit M. Pawar 01.22.08 at 10:03 am

Thanks It helped a lot

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