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From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To: neil@villacortabuer.com
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Subject: Re: Boot incomplete- Syntax error in rc.conf - Can't erase or rename rc.conf
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neilv wrote:

> I'm getting the following error on FreeBSD 4.1-stable:
> 
> "/etc/rc.conf: 16: Syntax Error: Unterminated quoted string
> Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:"
> 
> I enter <RETURN> and I cannot remove, restore, or edit <rc.conf> since
> it says:
> READ-ONLY file system

"mount /" to get it read-write.  Then edit rc.conf.

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