After running a yum update, my server will no longer boot. I get '/sbin/mingetty:error while loading shared libraries lib.so.6' and then a message about halting run levels 3, 4, 5, 6 for 5 minutes.

I can boot to rescue mode and get networking up and running. I would like to just start apache from here, just to get the website online temporarily until the root cause is resolved.

When I try to start apache with 'service httpd start' it just hangs. Does anyone know if this is possible?

I need Apache running with PHP and SSL support.