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If your root file system is undamaged, you can mount it and then run any standard Linux utility. For example, suppose your root file system is in /dev/hda5. Here is how to mount this partition:
mount
Where /foo is a directory that you have created.
Now you can run man and other utilities. At this point, you are running Linux in
If you do not know the names of your Linux partitions, you can guess; mounting
booting single user mode directly
You may be able to boot
LILO boot: linux single
LILO boot: linux emergency
In
In emergency mode, you are booted into the most minimal environment possible. The root file system will be mounted
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