On Tue, 25 Aug 2015, Sachin Gupta wrote: > Thank you so much!!! > It worked. > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Barry Brimer <lists at brimer.org> wrote: > >> 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? >>>> >>> >> You didn't mention what version of CentOS you are running. I also realized >> that this kernel line looks a bit non-standard. What is the purpose of the >> rootwait parameter in this context? Have you tried without it but including >> init=/bin/sh ? You're welcome. Glad I could help. Barry