On Sat, April 28, 2007 9:46 am, Russ wrote:
I'm installing CentOS 4.4 64-bit Enterprise on a Dell Dimension with and AMD dual core 3800+. When it starts to load eth0 it hangs. I have not found a way to break out of it. Or how to boot at run level 0. So newby Question 1 how do I get it to boot without loading eth0 so I can make changes? Question 2 what is a likely problem and fix. Question 3 what is good documentation and other resource to find answers for sys admin questions.
Thanks, Russ
Is eth0 setup for DHCP? If so just unplug the cable and then boot up.
Otherwise you can boot from the CentOS CD/DVD and type "linux rescue" at the boot: prompt and the follow the prompts. Then you can get access to all of the files on the system to make modifications.