Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 19:58:41 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Monte Westlund <montejw@memes.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bad rc.conf? Message-ID: <41448.938023121@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:51:21 MST." <3.0.5.32.19990922105121.007abbd0@memes.com>
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On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 10:51:21 MST, Monte Westlund wrote: > I have COPIED /etc/defaults/rc.conf to /etc/rc.conf, and now the machine > (486) either won't boot or is just taking a very long time to boot. Part of the solution is easy, part isn't. The easy bit is to boot into single user mode and remove /etc/rc.conf. At the boot prompt, type: boot -s When you get into the single-user shell, you'll need to re-mount your root partition read-write: mount / Now you can just nuke /etc/rc.conf: rm /etc/rc.conf Of course, your system now has no overrides for the default values in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. if you have a backup of your /etc/rc.conf, you're in luck. Otherwise, you'll have to create your own /etc/rc.conf. For that, you'll need /usr, /var and /tmp (if you want to use vi, of course). Mount them as you did / . Good luck. Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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