From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 24 20:48:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f214.law7.hotmail.com [216.33.237.214]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4A9237B4CF for ; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 20:48:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 24 Nov 2000 20:48:20 -0800 Received: from 63.27.239.101 by lw7fd.law7.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 04:48:20 GMT X-Originating-IP: [63.27.239.101] Reply-To: degraz@tusco.net From: "Travis Troyer" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Editing fstab when system won't boot? Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 04:48:20 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Nov 2000 04:48:20.0527 (UTC) FILETIME=[EF3FEBF0:01C0569A] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I edited my fstab file to mount a second hard drive I have. I made a mistake, typing "/dec" instead of "/dev", now the system will not boot. I remember having a problem like this before, and somehow I got into a mode, even though the os wouldn't load, where I typed "edit" and it allowed me to edit the file, and reboot.. I absolutely cannot remember, or find how I did this. Anybody have any ideas? Also, this is another problem I have fixed awhile ago, but forgot how :) When I connect to telnet or the ftp server, it takes forever for the login to come up. Before I was told to comment out a line, I beleive, that had to do with resoliving the hostname? Any help with either problem would be appreciated. Thanks, travis troyer _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message