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| 457797 | 2006-05-26 04:56:00 | Hi, I am using a CentOS server with NFS mounts defined in /etc/fstab. After changing the IP addressing scheme for my network, this server now refuses to boot past the 'mounting NFS filesystems' stage (it can't find the export server). It doesn't hang, just refuses to go any further. Is it possible to skip this step at boot time? Alternatively, (and preferred) is it possible to get a shell before the system is booted properly, so I can fix the IP in /etc/fstab before the NFS filesystem is mounted. Cheers, Bletch |
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| 457798 | 2006-05-26 05:19:00 | I can't help but... If you want 'immediate' linux help, jump on irc. /server irc.undernet.org /join #nzlinux |
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| 457799 | 2006-05-26 05:38:00 | Cheers. I ended up sorting it with the rescue shell from the CentOS CD - help no linger needed. Thanks though. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 457800 | 2006-05-26 05:42:00 | Frome when I played with NFS some years ago I seem to remmber that it's possible to have "hard" and "soft" mounted NFS objects. When it's a soft one, the client will just give up if it fails to find the host. Yours might be hard mounts, and the client is determeined to connect. But your problem is that you can't get in to fix the addresses. :D Does this server have a boot manager? LILO or Grub will both allow you to do a single-user boot, which lets you in as root, without even a password. Security does not exist if anyone has physical access to the box. :D If you don't normally get a prompt page, I think a TAB at the right time will get you one in LILO. Otherwise, the installation disk will boot and let you escape to a command-line root environment. |
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