From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 5 12:59: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from granger.mail.mindspring.net (granger.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.148]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 512C537B718 for ; Mon, 5 Mar 2001 12:59:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rknebel@uplink.net) Received: from [209.173.121.47] (pawilk-apx1-121-46.du.uplink.net [209.173.121.47]) by granger.mail.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA24181; Mon, 5 Mar 2001 15:58:57 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: rknebel@mail.uplink.net Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <3AA3FC0D.4364A878@iowna.com> References: <3AA3FC0D.4364A878@iowna.com> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 15:49:19 -0500 To: Bill Moran From: Rick Knebel Subject: Re: Help with bootup Cc: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Rick Knebel wrote: > >> I was editing my /etc/rc.conf and obviously made a mistake. >> It stops on bootup and will not let me continue. >> How can I get into my system to edit my mistake. > >While the system is booting, you'll see a message that says "Press Enter >to boot right away or any key for ... bla bla bla" >The system will then start counting down from 9. Press a key other than >ENTER before it reaches 0. Then you'll get a prompt, enter "boot -s" >which will boot the system in single-user mode (sort of like "safe" mode >on Windows) You'll be asked for a shell (I always accept the default) >then thrown into a shell prompt. From there you'll be able to repair >your rc.conf file and reboot the system. > >-Bill > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Thanks. Now when I get to the prompt and type jpico which is the editor I use it says not found -- Rick Knebel rknebel@uplink.net http://members.tripod.com/~Rick_Knebel/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message