In article ,
xman wrote:
:How do I start IRIX with out running the startup scripts?
:it is hung on loading ipf.

I think ipf would not be loaded for single-user mode, since single
user mode does not start networking.

So... I suggest going into the prom and giving the command single

(This won't work for sufficiently old IRIX; for those you
have to give the manual boot command with the --s flag, or something
like that.)
--
"[...] it's all part of one's right to be publicly stupid." -- Dave Smey

A Dumb quesiton
What are the commands to boot into single user mode?
I am at the sash prompt....................................



"Walter Roberson" wrote in message
news:bnhnsc$k46$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca...
> In article ,
> xman wrote:
> :How do I start IRIX with out running the startup scripts?
> :it is hung on loading ipf.
>
> I think ipf would not be loaded for single-user mode, since single
> user mode does not start networking.
>
> So... I suggest going into the prom and giving the command single
>
> (This won't work for sufficiently old IRIX; for those you
> have to give the manual boot command with the --s flag, or something
> like that.)
> --
> "[...] it's all part of one's right to be publicly stupid." -- Dave
Smey

Never mind
I rebooted and just typed single
THANKS
-Ian
"xman" wrote in message
news:fq_mb.71$_4.30770@news.uchicago.edu...
> A Dumb quesiton
> What are the commands to boot into single user mode?
> I am at the sash prompt....................................
>
>
>
> "Walter Roberson" wrote in message
> news:bnhnsc$k46$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca...
> > In article ,
> > xman wrote:
> > :How do I start IRIX with out running the startup scripts?
> > :it is hung on loading ipf.
> >
> > I think ipf would not be loaded for single-user mode, since single
> > user mode does not start networking.
> >
> > So... I suggest going into the prom and giving the command single
> >
> > (This won't work for sufficiently old IRIX; for those you
> > have to give the manual boot command with the --s flag, or something
> > like that.)
> > --
> > "[...] it's all part of one's right to be publicly stupid." -- Dave
> Smey
>
>