On 4/16/19 9:08 AM, Beartooth wrote:
Last week, for instance, I managed to so foo a brand new laptop
that anything I did on the login screen killed it. (I'd've tried a repair
if I'd been able to remember how to boot straight into single user, or
find out again how. I spent a few days trying, and then just put the
install disc back into it. <sigh>)
Add "single" to the kernel command line. You will need the root password.