On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Warren Young <warren at etr-usa.com> wrote: > 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. > That's a good idea. Thanks for the VM suggestion and link. -wes