[CentOS] boot hangs on trying to start sendmail

At startup, you will see a message that say Press I to run in interactive
mode, there you can reject starting sendmail when you are prompted.

On Dec 27, 2007 10:03 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:

> I am building a new server.  It will be a temporary firewall of sorts.
>
> I am well into the config, made a lot of changes; almost ready to set it
> up in the target networks, but now....
>
> The system hangs trying to start sendmail.  I was thinking hard about
> disabling sendmail, but thought I needed it for internal functions, so
> did not.  yet.
>
> So is there someway to get the system working so I can change something
> like disable sendmail?
>
> The system has no cdrom, diskette, etc.  In fact the kybd/monitor
> require a special temp setup.  Perhaps I can edit the kernel line in
> grub to disable something?
>
> If necessary, I can pull the drive and put it in a system that does
> support cdrom.  That is the way I did the initial harddrive install.
>
>
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