Commanding rc.local not to run at boot..possible.?

[Mark Sargent]

kwhiskers wrote:

>thanks for mentioning that! you never know when it will save our asses.
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>On Apr 10, 2005 8:00 PM, Claude Jones <claude_jones at levitjames.com> wrote:
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>>Mark Sargent wrote:
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>>>Hi All,
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>>>have a script in rc.local that hangs the machine at boot(I was seeing
>>>if the system here at home would do the same as my work PC, which it
>>>did, unfortunately). How can I instruct the boot process not to
>>>process rc.local. Is it possible from the command line to do this, and
>>>could you tell me what the command would be.? Knoppix3.7 doesn't
>>>recognize LVM, so I can't mount the partition and make a change to
>>>rc.local and booting with telinit 3 still gets the hang. Cheers.
>>>
>>>Mark Sargent.
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>>I just went through this, and reading through the posts, I'm surprised
>>no one mentioned this:
>>Right after the kernel is unpacked in the beginning of boot, you get a
>>dialogue telling you to press 'I' for interactive mode. Do that, and
>>each command in the bootup gives you a Y/N dialogue. rc.local should be
>>the very last command, and it will say something like 'start local? Y|N'
>>pressing N will bypass rc.local.
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>>--
>>Claude Jones
>>Bluemont, VA, USA
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Hi All,

ah, guys, so many ways to skin a cat, eh..great stuff, cheers.

Mark Sargent.