Exploring Ubuntu Recovery Mode

[ Thanks to Femi for this link. ]

"I selected drop to a root shell. It allowed me to enter root account with out a password. I fixed my /etc/sudoers and my problem was gone.

"Later I rebooted again and re-entered the recovery mode again to find out what capabilities it offers.

"The recovery screen offers you the following menu entries on ubuntu 9.04 ."

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