Hello, I’m using old SUSE 10.1 (gom linux) and looking to recover data. The logon prompt keeps looping even after logging in as root user - Error in service module. Has anyone seen this. I’m looking to get to command prompt so I can enter command to copy data to external USB drive if possible.
There are two hard drives connected to RAID controller but it’s not clear which RAID configuration is being used. One drive is 1TB, but the sticker label on second hard drive is not visible to get drive size.
Following thread suggested downgrading pam-modules but i don’t know how when the logon prompt keeps looping. Is there a shortcut key to use? Any assistance is much appreciated. thanks.
I doubt that anyone here has 10.1 running (it wasn’t even openSUSE then, but SUSE Linux and support stopped 2008-05-31), let alone seen what you have on it.
My initial thought would be to boot from a current (leap 15.3) live USB, then identify and mount the drive(s) that contain the data you want to recover and copy to a second USB.
Considering you are just looking to use a terminal, why not boot straight to a Command line prompt?
When Grub appears, type the letter “e”, you will enter Grub edit mode.
Scroll down to the line that begins with “linux” (or similar), hit the END key to get to the end of the boot string, add a space and the number “3”, then follow the directions to continue booting.
Disconnecting and attaching hard drives to SUSE live USB system show bad sectors; perhaps that’s the reasoning for the message – Error in service module.
