[ltp] exiting single user mode

[Mike Kershaw]

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On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 06:52:39AM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> I'm running sidux on a Thinkpad X61s.=20
>=20
> I entered single user mode in order to change root's password. That
> involved:
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> 	sh3.1# mount -o remount,rw /
>
> It is my understanding that you ummount / if you intend to continue
> the boot, but not if you are going to shut down. Is this correct?

Not really.

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> It seems that in the past I issued the command=20
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>        	sh3.1# exit
>=20
> to exit single user mode, but now this results in=20
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>    	exit
>      	Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

Depending how you got to single user mode (ie, if you used init=3D/bin/sh)
then sh IS init, and exiting it means "init crashed".

>=20
> (I'm not un-mounting because my aim is to reboot).

?

> My first question is: What command am I missing that would have
> avoided this sync problem? I assume not sh3.1$ sync;sync .=20

mount -o remount,ro /
reboot

> Second question. It seems to me that when I used to get a kernel panic
> I could initiate a reboot with the three finger salute (C-M-Del), but
> that's not working on my Thinkpad. I'm forced a pull the power. Is
> there a way to force a shutdown without pulling the plug/battery?
> Power switch has no effect.

Three-finger-salute is handled by init.  Init isn't running, since you
bypassed it to get to shell directly.

Hold the power button down for 2-3 seconds.

-m

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