Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:10:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@yumyumyum.org> To: Colin Watson <sb.mailinglist@lambdabroadband.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting bit-by-bit (rc.conf broken) Message-ID: <20030903101001.O12386@alpha.yumyumyum.org> In-Reply-To: <00bf01c37224$6a5a7c90$0b4e1151@blackbox> References: <00bf01c37224$6a5a7c90$0b4e1151@blackbox>
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On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Colin Watson wrote: > My rc.conf file appears to be broken in some way, and this is preventing > my system from booting. It boots to a heavily resticted system, with > only the / file system mounted and the statically linked binaries > available. Problem is, I can't edit my rc.conf or remove it. Is their > any way I can either selectivly execute statements in the rc.conf during > bootup (similar to the old dos method), or a way I can force login, so I > can remove the damaged rc.conf. swapon -a mount -a vi /etc/rc.conf Although I doubt this is what's broken. rc.conf doesn't "run" it contains variables that are used by other scripts to turn services and other things on or off. Ken > > Thanks > > Colin. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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