Provide boot option to boot into single user mode

diff --git a/docs/UPDATING b/docs/UPDATING
index 7861a08a3a648ad5d7780a4312f7d703cc0c41e4..3378358ed3e7597db04b624fc0bb7b2d0c08516d 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/UPDATING
+++ b/docs/UPDATING
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+20120413:
+       Boot loader menu now has an option to boot into single user mode. To
+       get the menu option do:
+
+       # cp /usr/src/etc/boot.cfg.default /etc
+       # update_bootcfg
+
 20120402:
        an installed genassym is required to build the kernel:
        # make -C usr.bin/genassym install     

diff --git a/etc/boot.cfg.default b/etc/boot.cfg.default
index c913dc0a8bed7cb8eb96831f5f67f9f6ae1ba5b5..25113d6ca4d71e68b57c0e6ff90e07c3c3f5d011 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/boot.cfg.default
+++ b/etc/boot.cfg.default
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ timeout=5
 default=2
 menu=Start MINIX 3:load_mods /boot/minix_default/mod*;multiboot /boot/minix_default/kernel rootdevname=$rootdevname
 menu=Start latest MINIX 3:load_mods /boot/minix_latest/mod*;multiboot /boot/minix_latest/kernel rootdevname=$rootdevname
+menu=Start latest MINIX 3 in single user mode:load_mods /boot/minix_latest/mod*;multiboot /boot/minix_latest/kernel rootdevname=$rootdevname bootopts=-s
 menu=Drop to boot prompt:prompt