[mythtv-users] Help! Changed /etc/modules.conf and now system won't boot

[Eni Gma]

You should be able to get it up in single user mode, even with a hosed 
modules.conf.  To do that you need to specify the parameter "single" to 
the kernel.  I am not sure how you can do that from Grub as I am a Lilo 
user.  IIRC, Mandrake uses syslinux for the boot floppy, you can almost 
certainly specify the option there.  You would most likely just have to 
type "linux single" but you may need some other parameters, like "linux 
single root=/dev/hda1 console=ttyS0,38400n8" would boot in single user, 
with hda1 as the root and COM1 as the console.

Your other option would be loading another Linux distro and then 
mounting your root filesystem to edit your modules.conf.  There are 
several "rescue" distributions that fit on floppy disks, Tomsrbt comes 
to mind but I know there are several others.  You could also load a full 
distro like Knoppix from a CD or use whatever recovery tools the 
Mandrake installer has (Redhat can boot in "rescue" mode from the 
install disks, Mandrake may have the same functionality).  Whatever the 
case, you need a method to mount your root partition from a live system 
to make the changes you need.



jeffwaters at wowway.com wrote:

>I'm dumb, I changed /etc/modules.conf and now my machine
>won't boot. I'm using my isp's webmail on my gaming machine
>to send this.
>
>I added the configs from bttv doco and did not remove
>anything else...  so if I can get back to my modules.conf
>all I should have to do is remove what I put in there and
>reboot. However it locked up when trying to boot... stops
>when loading the tulip nic card driver/module. (which I did
>not change/edit)
>I'm using mandrake 9.0 and have tired every other boot mode
>grub lists and even the floopy and all fail.
>
>Any Ideas? (aside from a total wipe losing everything, bank
>records, work, emails, etc..)
>
>Thanks all,
>Jeff
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