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How to boot the OS into single-user mode depends on if this is a SPARC or x86 based Sun server. Do you know the model name?
How to Use GRUB to get to Single-User Mode (Assumes x86)
1) Power-on the server from the LOM.
2) Get to the console (the LOM command 'console' should work)
3) You should see a GRUB screen asking which kernel to boot, leave it at the default, but press the 'e' key.
4) Look for a line like this (see below), add ' S' to the end of the line.
Code:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-274.18.1.el5.centos.plus ro root=/dev/vg/rot rhgb quiet
5) Press 'b' to boot, should go right to Single-User Mode (might prompt for the root password)
Example: See
this blog post.