boot process hangs on init of mysqld

When my boot process starts mysqld, it hangs. How can I get it unstuck? I cannot ssh into the machine because the boot process hasn't progressed far enough. So, I cannot edit the init scripts to remove mysqld.

Is there some key-stroke sequence I might be able to try to interrupt the init.d scripts? I've tried the obvious (ctl-C, ctl-D, etc.)

FYI, the hardware is a Dell PowerEdge 1750.

Thanks for any help,

Mark

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