Changed a filesystem's name -- now system hangs on reboot (help)

[Chuck Swiger]

Joshua Oreman wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 03:09:35AM -0400 or thereabouts, Chuck Swiger wrote:
[ ... ]
>> This is when you boot single-user mode off of the install CD, or the FIXIT 
>> CD (#2) if you have that around.  Then mount your hard drive's root 
>> partition on /mnt (or make something in /tmp), and fix the problem.
> 
> Completely unnecessary.

While I am a fan of "use the existing tools to fix the problem without physical 
intervention if at all possible"-- remote management does that to you-- I think 
what the OP was asking was "what should I do if I've screwed up the config on 
the hard drive enough that it won't boot properly, and I want to start from a 
known-working environment to fix things".

Booting single-user off a CD may be completely unnecessary in this particular 
case; nevertheless, it's a valid solution to the problem.

-- 
-Chuck