Thank you so much!!!
It worked.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Barry Brimer <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for reply.
>>
>> I replaced break=y with init=/bin/sh.
>> In that case case system just hangs with the following message.
>> "Freeing unused kernel memory : 400k freed".
>>
>> Thanks!!
>> Sachin
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Barry Brimer <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> My grub.conf is as following.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> title Linux Init Break
>>>> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 ro rootwait break=y
>>>> initrd /initrd.gz
>>>>
>>>> What I expect is by adding *break=y* to cmdline,
>>>> init will pause early in the boot process and launch an
>>>> interactive sh shell which can be used for troubleshooting purposes.
>>>>
>>>> But kernel is disregarding break=y. And it loads up without
>>>> launching sh shell.
>>>>
>>>> Is it the right way to launch interactive shell ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I would remove the break=y and replace it with init=/bin/sh
>>>
>>> What version of CentOS are you running?
>>>
>>
> You didn't mention what version of CentOS you are running. I also realized
> that this kernel line looks a bit non-standard. What is the purpose of the
> rootwait parameter in this context? Have you tried without it but including
> init=/bin/sh ?
>
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