How to get out of runlevel 5 in an emergency?

[Stuart Sears]

Chris G wrote:
>> [/me wrote:]
>> Stop the computer at boot time (when you see the countdown or the grub 
>> menu). - just hit a key that isn't an arrow or 'enter'.
>>
> I'd already got that far!  :-)
> 
>> It's worth reading the paragraph of text under the kernel list to see what 
>> you can do.
>>
> No "paragraph of text" under mine, that's why I didn't get any
> further.

Really? what do you get? Is your bootloader password-protected?
if so, you won't be able to change anything without knowing the password.

Stuart
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