LiLo BOOT argument ???

Hi Rushi,

I'm not sure of what SuSE's 'rescue' abilities are, but you should be able to start the kernel and then a shell by doing this:

Lnx init=/bin/sh

(providing /bin/sh isn't corrupted on /dev/hda3 :) You'll then have to check the hda3 parition manually and/or turn off the watchdog so it can boot and fsck.

Damion, thanks

It works, although it was urgent so I took the hard disk out and did the fsck as secondary.

But next time I will use init=/bin/sh

One more thing;

I am redesigning one of our products to run on embedded Linux, which is apparently running happily on full version of Linux for 8 years now.

It has to be very secure, as police and authorities all over the world use it and I don't want to keep any loophole in my new system.

Any suggestions from any one to build secure embedded Linux system ???..

Cheers

Rushi

start

watchdog so

Secure against what? There are *many* conceivable risks for an embedded system used for a law enforcement function.

We can't advise you without more information; the correct path will vary significantly depending on which risks are most important to moderate.