From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 15 10:35:04 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id KAA24834 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 15 Sep 1995 10:35:04 -0700 Received: from swn.com (garnet.swn.com [204.57.206.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id KAA24817 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 1995 10:35:00 -0700 Received: from quixote.swn.com by swn.com (4.1/2.8.950109dah) id AA06711; Fri, 15 Sep 95 10:38:27 PDT Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 10:36:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Dugger To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: How do I get it to boot nornally again? Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Some how I managed to change my root password to something other than what I wanted to and of coure how I don't know what it is. But my real problem is that I tried to use the "fixit" on my install boot floppy and it mounted "/" read-only. Ok, so I'll do something else. But now it won't boot without sending me to an install menu and of coure when exit to the shell I can't do anything. How do I get it to boot normally again. I'll figure out another way to fix the passwd problem. I'm running 2.0R that I down loaded to floppies. (I don't wanta reinstall everything I installed this a year ago and I don't have away to backup everything so I'll lose alot of good stuff, please help) P.S. I like to take this opportunity to thank the guys who are working on the FreeBSD team. I've been a software engineer for more years then I'll admit to and it is really nice to have the OS (Unix) that I work with every day on my home system. It feels like a real computer now. --------------------------------------------------------------- Don Dugger | e-mail: dugger@swn.com Engineering | Voice: (206) 885-0088 Securicor Wireless Networks | Fax: (206) 885-1087 15379 NE 90th Street | WWW: Coming Soon Redmond, WA. 98052 USA | ---------------------------------------------------------------