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Ram_War
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Linux VM Grub Screen - Single User Mode

Having a problem getting into the Grub screen on a Linux VM in the VMware console. What key should I press to see the Grub screen to select a single user mode in Linux VM? Thank you in advance.

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fabio1975
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Ciao 

You need press E key when see this screen 

 

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After this edit the correct line to enter in single user mode. 

For example on Centos OS  you need replace the "RO" whit "rw init=/sysroot/bin/sh" and after press F10 

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when you have a prompt mount filesystem root with this command 

 

chroot /sysroot/

 

 

 

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Ram_War
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Thank you fabio1975

I am not getting the Grub screen. As I noticed If I press and hold the "Shift" key then I get the Grub screen but not in my case.

 

 

 

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fabio1975
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@Ram_War 

Which is your Linux distribution?

Fabio 

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Ram_War
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it is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (64-bit)

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fabio1975
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Ciao 

I tested a my VM linux with Red Hat 7.9 and i see the grub menu 

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Ram_War
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I still do not get it. However, we found the password to log in. Thanks for your support.

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