Re: Feature suggestion

[Mathias Granberry]

You can append "init=/bin/sh" to the kernel line and bring up a shell
instead of init.  From there you can remount your root partition and edit
any files that you need to.  As for an editor, all of the filesystem
support in the grub is readonly, so there isn't much hope for an editor
(or saving menu changes).

On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Joshua Jensen wrote:

> Gentlemen,
>
> I am loving GRUB.  Nice stuff you have there! I've got an idea that
> probably isn't new, but it might be possible.  GRUB, if you can at least
> get it to boot, has the ability to "cat" files, which is cool.  How
> about editing them? I know, I know... you're not going for a full OS
> here, but even just in the context of correcting /etc/inittab or grub
> config files, this would be a handy thing most of a time, and a life
> saving feature in rescue situations.  There are all different sorts of
> editors, but one of the smallest ones I've found is Nano (
> http://www.nano-editor.org ), which is only 72k.  Could this be
> integrated into grub? This would make GRUB even better!
>
>
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