Initial Linux Operating System and
Express Builder
Installation or Default Reinstallation
Installing the Operating System and Express5800/
ftServer
System Software
2-15
To boot in rescue mode
1. Disconnect any floppy disk drive attached to the system’s USB port.
N O T E
If a floppy drive is connected when you boot in rescue
mode, the system will be unable to find the internal
storage drives.
2. Insert Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD-ROM #1 into the CD-ROM drive in the upper
CPU-I/O enclosure. The system boots from this CD.
3.
Disable the Boot Monitoring function in CMOS (for detailed instructions see the
User Guide (Setup)
)
.
4. After the system boots from the CD, and
as soon as the boot prompt appears
,
type the following line at the
boot
prompt and press
ENTER
:
# boot:
linux rescue
N O T E
You must type something (at least one character) on the
boot prompt line before its timeout period expires.
Otherwise, the boot will proceed with incorrect
parameters and the keyboard will be disabled. If this
happens, you can recover by power-cycling the system
and booting again.
5. After several minutes, the Language prompt appears. Follow the prompts.
6. Issue the following command:
chroot /mnt/sysimage
You may need to remove and re-apply system power before you can reboot from the
disk.
If the disks are not detected and automounted, contact the NEC Corporation of
America Customer Support Center or your authorized NEC service representative for
assistance.
