Linux – On RHEL 5.6 I have an init.d script which is stuck in an infinite loop. How to boot without loading it

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I made a bone-headed mistake in one of my init.d scripts which gets stuck in an infinite loop during the boot process and blocks the completion. I therefore can not get to a shell and fix it. How can I boot and not perform all the boot scripts? I have root if necessary.

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Passing 1 on the kernel line in the bootloader should start it in single user mode, which should not start the initscript unless it is severely broken. If booting into single mode does not work then you will need to get the install disc and boot into rescue mode using it.

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Regards

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