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booting your system in Rescue Mode, table 2-1. Linux commands

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Linux system setup and recovery booting your system in Rescue Mode To boot your system in Rescue Mode, enter the following parameter at the installation boot prompt: boot: linux rescue You can get to the installation boot prompt in one of these ways: 1. By booting your system from the diskette or CD-ROM that came with your Red Hat Linux boxed set. 2. By booting from a network or PCMCIA boot diskette. These methods assume your network connection is working and require you to identify the network host and transfer type. Once you have your system in Rescue Mode, a prompt appears: bash# From this prompt, you can use the following commands: table 2-1. Linux commands anaconda gzip mke2fs.ext2 ps badblocks head mknod python bash hwclock mkraid python cat ifconfig mkswap raidstart chatter init mlabel raidstop chmod insmod mmd rcp chroot less mmount rlogin clock ln mmove rm collage loader modprobe rmmod cp ls mount route cpio lsattr mpartition rpm dd lsmod mrd rsh 2-12 getting started guide

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getting started guide
Linux system setup and recovery
booting your system in Rescue Mode
To boot your system in Rescue Mode, enter the following parameter
at the installation boot prompt:
boot: linux rescue
You can get to the installation boot prompt in one of these ways:
1. By booting your system from the diskette or CD-ROM that came
with your Red Hat Linux boxed set.
2. By booting from a network or PCMCIA boot diskette. These
methods assume your network connection is working and require
you to identify the network host and transfer type.
Once you have your system in Rescue Mode, a prompt appears:
bash#
From this prompt, you can use the following commands:
table 2-1. Linux commands
anaconda
gzip
mke2fs.ext2
ps
badblocks
head
mknod
python
bash
hwclock
mkraid
python
cat
ifconfig
mkswap
raidstart
chatter
init
mlabel
raidstop
chmod
insmod
mmd
rcp
chroot
less
mmount
rlogin
clock
ln
mmove
rm
collage
loader
modprobe
rmmod
cp
ls
mount
route
cpio
lsattr
mpartition
rpm
dd
lsmod
mrd
rsh