From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 7 19:50:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C12DE16A4CE for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:50:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC00A43D2D for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:50:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i67JoTJ3081954 for ; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:50:29 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i67JoT4h081953; Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:50:29 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:50:29 GMT Message-Id: <200407071950.i67JoT4h081953@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: Giorgos Keramidas Subject: Re: docs/67806: Let 5.x users know how to boot into single user mode in cutting-edge. X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Giorgos Keramidas List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 19:50:29 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/67806; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Giorgos Keramidas To: "Liam J. Foy" Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/67806: Let 5.x users know how to boot into single user mode in cutting-edge. Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 22:44:44 +0300 > Patch can be viewed at: http://liamfoy.kerneled.org/fix.diff When the patch is a minor edit like this one, it usually isn't a very serious problem to see the entire diff as part of the PR text IMHO :) : --- /hd3/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml Thu Jun 10 19:51:47 2004 : +++ /hd3/chapter.sgml Thu Jun 10 19:59:56 2004 : @@ -749,8 +749,9 @@ : mode. : : Alternatively, reboot the system, and at the boot prompt, : - enter the flag. The system will then boot : - single user. At the shell prompt you should then run: : + enter the flag (5.x users press 4 at boot : + up menu). The system will then boot single user. At the shell : + prompt you should then run: : : &prompt.root; fsck -p : &prompt.root; mount -u / Two comments: a. Your editor seems to be inserting trailing whitespace when lines are wrapped. This means that the lines starting with + in the diff above insert whitespace that someone will have to delete later. b. Is "just press 4" some magic key combo for the boot loader of 5.X? I've been using a lot of different keys: SPACE, RETURN, ESC are a few of those. There is nothing different to the boot process of 5.X regarding single-user mode AFAIK. Did I miss/overlook something?