services messed up...won't boot

[LinuxHippy]

I was tweaking my startup services and wound up messing up my FC6 box so that now it freezes when it boots and says it's trying to start the NFS daemon after it gets an RPC error. Can I boot from the FC6 install DVD and then edit the file that controls services? Which file?

[tgilber1]

1. Boot to Fedora DVD install disc

2. Type at the lilo prompt

linux rescue

//this procedure will mount the linux root filesystem under the /sysimage directory

3. At the root prompt, change to the file you need to edit

cd /sysimage/etc/<filename>

You will find two etc directories; make sure that you change to correct directory, i.e. located under /sysimage directory

[LinuxHippy]

what's the filename I need to edit?

[Seve]

Hello:
If you boot into linux rescue mode and mount your sysimage
then you can use
chconfig --list | grep on
and then use
chkconfig servicename off
command for the offending service
for example
chkconfig nfs off

Then reboot and hopefully all will be well

Seve

[LinuxHippy]

that command got me back into FC6...here's what I did once I had booted into the rescue mode with networking on:

chroot /mnt/sysimage
/sbin/chkconfig nfs off

Other options on chkconfig didn't work.

[tgilber1]

Sorry for giving incorrect information. I should have verified before posting information. Additionally, I did not give you the process to shut off services because I inferred that you wanted to edit a config file. In any event, corrections to my post are below.

1. Boot to Fedora DVD install disc

2. Type at the lilo prompt

linux rescue

//this procedure will mount the linux root filesystem under the /sysimage directory

3. At the root prompt, change to the file you need to edit

cd /mnt/sysimage/etc/<filename>

You will find two etc directories; make sure that you change to correct directory, i.e. located under /mnt/sysimage directory

Lastly, Seve provided you the correct details to specifically shut off any service that is hanging a system. The reason all the commands did not work was he had a typo.

chconfig --list | grep on //typo

should have been

chkconfig --list | grep on //chkconfig --list prints all the services into the grep command via a pipe | the grep command filters for only services that are on

/sbin/chkconfig nfs off //shuts the nfs service off by removing the service from the /etc/rc5.d - actually it removes any soft links from the /etc/rc5.d directory to the /etc/init.d

Hope this help!