Re: [cobalt-users] root login failure and /var at 100%

[Jay Summers <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> i've got a raq2 that has its /var directory at 100% capacity (i did a df -h).
>> 
>> and i can't su to root. just to be sure it wasn't a password-forgetfulness
>> problem, i pressed the password reset switch on the back of the machine.
>> still... i can't login as root, only as admin and the various users..
>> 
>> based on the cobalt site, they tell me to do a restore if i get into this
>> situation. now, there MUST be some way to flush out, for example, the huge
>> log files that are sitting in the /var directory so that i can get back in as
>> root and do what i need to do.
>> 
> If you have console access, type spacebar at boot time. Then select boot menu
> through "boot". Then give: set params "single". Then give the command "bfd" It
> will now boot single mode. You'll get a bash shell, and you can delete the
> logfiles.

For sake of the archives, I figured that I'd mention that this doesn't work.
This solution only works on the X86 or AMD based Cobalt hardware. Not on the
Mipsel based Cobalt hardware. Good idea though...

HTH,
j
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