From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 8 19:13:10 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA03361 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 19:13:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ceia.nordier.com (slip139-92-122-24.joh.za.ibm.net [139.92.122.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA03353 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 19:13:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rnordier@nordier.com) Received: (from rnordier@localhost) by ceia.nordier.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id FAA00345; Sat, 9 Jan 1999 05:11:43 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier Message-Id: <199901090311.FAA00345@ceia.nordier.com> Subject: Re: boot single with new loader? In-Reply-To: <199901081703.JAA20471@hub.freebsd.org> from Robert Luce at "Jan 8, 99 09:03:17 am" To: rwl@gymnet.com Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 05:11:40 +0200 (SAT) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Robert Luce wrote: > I have a wonderful all elf system now, upgraded the boot blocks, > added a /boot/boot.conf to allow it to locate my SB16-PNP and all > works just great EXCEPT I cannot figure out how to boot in single > user mode so I can enable softupdates. > > Hitting at the first prompt gives me the old boot help > and -s just boots normally. If I drop into the loader prompt then > I can do lots of other neat stuff but can't seem to run tunefs. > Any pointers would certainly help! When you hit to get to the "boot:" prompt, the default is still to load /boot/loader. If you wanted to boot directly into single user mode from here, you could enter /kernel -s -- Robert Nordier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message