Lost Console Recovery

[Doug Blair]

In article <5817 at pbhyf.PacBell.COM>, peb at PacBell.COM (Pat Bowens) writes:

> While working with 386
> release 3.0e, I carelessly turned off my console in etc/inittab.  

Pat: This one's relatively easy. First, login via an alternate console
(hit Alt and F2 for a login prompt). You won't be able to login as root,
but just about any other password you remember is fine.  Next, use the
su command to become root. Third, edit the inittab file. Fourth issue
a "telinit Q" command to fire up the getty on the console device.

What? No alternate consoles? Login via a dialup. What? No dialups? Can you
say "reinstall?"


Doug
 ___  _           _  _             _    
|   || |_  ___  _| ||_| ___  __  _| |_  Doug Blair    Obedient Software Corp.
| | ||  .\/ ._\/.  || |/ ._\|  \|_   _| 1007 Naperville Rd, Wheaton IL  60187 
|___||___/\___/\___||_|\___/|_|_| |_|   obdient!blair blair at obdient.chi.il.us