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Date:      Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:10:33 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        "Don Munyak" <don.munyak@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: rc.conf ...need help
Message-ID:  <448xfb3pk6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <6207f7d90702061258k2ace8012ld479065f2455b454@mail.gmail.com> (Don Munyak's message of "Tue, 6 Feb 2007 15:58:06 -0500")
References:  <6207f7d90702061258k2ace8012ld479065f2455b454@mail.gmail.com>

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"Don Munyak" <don.munyak@gmail.com> writes:

> I was tweaking the /etc/rc.conf file and apparently had a typo. Now
> the system boots into single user mode. I know what my error is
>
> syslogd_enable=YES"  {left off the first "}
>
> How can I edit rc.conf while in single user mode. I've tried vi & ee,
> but system doesn't recognize either.

"I made a mistake in rc.conf, or another startup file, and now I
cannot edit it because the filesystem is read-only. What should I do?" 

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#RCCONF-READONLY



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