[CentOS] grub.conf

[Sachin Gupta]

Thanks for reply.

I replaced break=y with init=/bin/sh.
In that case case system just hangs with the following message.
"Freeing unused kernel memory : 400k freed".

Thanks!!
Sachin

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Barry Brimer <lists at brimer.org> wrote:

> My grub.conf is as following.
>>
>> title  Linux Init Break
>> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 ro rootwait break=y
>> initrd /initrd.gz
>>
>> What I expect is by adding *break=y* to cmdline,
>> init will pause early in the boot process and launch an
>> interactive sh shell which can be used for troubleshooting purposes.
>>
>> But kernel is disregarding break=y. And it loads up without
>> launching  sh shell.
>>
>> Is it the right way to launch interactive shell ?
>>
>
> I would remove the break=y and replace it with init=/bin/sh
>
> What version of CentOS are you running?
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