Re: [MiNT] Booting Mint

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:31:28 -0500, Mark Duckworth <mduckworth@atari-source.com> wrote:
> Peter,
>
> You can fix this problem just by going into your mint.cnf and changing
> init from init=/sbin/init to init=/bin/bash
>
> You will have a shell then.  The terminal will be a little screwy but
> you will have the opportunity to edit and a repair a file you might have
> screwed up.  Type "sync" before "reboot", then fix your mint.cnf then
> boot back into mint again (found this is a good way to prevent fs
> corruption).
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>

Thanks. I knew there would be a way out of this situation but
I couldn't work it out.

With Linux you have the option of switching to a cli if the
desktop doesn't start.

Regards,

Peter