Re: move/overwrite a file in Grub2 shell?

[Thomas Mueller]

> 
> So, I can get into the Grub2 shell (sh:grub) by typing 'c' in the boot
> menu, and ls to my /etc/X11/ directory (and cat both my xorg.conf and
> xorg.conf.bkp files) but what I want to do is overwrite xorg.conf with
> the backup and hopefully make my blank screen go away.
> 
> Is this possible to do in the Grub2 shell? As in, is there some way to
> overwrite my xorg.conf with the backup?

I would start in single user mode (append "single" to the kernel options 
in grup). 

it then will boot into single user mode without graphics and present a 
root login shell.

- Thomas