On 11/5/2013 15:10, Wes James wrote: > I noticed in /etc/inittab that it has this line: > > # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) > > It makes sense, but what if it did get set to 0 or 6? Is there a way to > boot to single-user mode anyway to edit the file and change it to a correct > value? Yes: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/ I found out the easy way: by trying it in a VM. You should have a VM set up for testing, too. Set a snapshot before you do anything dangerous, so you can revert to it.