Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:21:13 -0900 From: Beech Rintoul <akbeech@anchoragerescue.org> To: Rick Duvall <maillist@coastsight.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot Block help! Message-ID: <01032809211302.02971@galaxy.anchoragerescue.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103280947530.74975-100000@ns1.coastsight.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103280947530.74975-100000@ns1.coastsight.com>
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On Wednesday 28 March 2001 08:49, Rick Duvall wrote:
> I am trying to write boot blocks to an ISO image to burn to a cd with
> mkisofs. From what I have found, I should use the boot.flp and
> boot.catalog files. However, when i boot from the CD, it takes me to the
> install. I don't want that. I want it to just take me to a shell prompt
> in single user mode so that i can run my restore routines to restore my
> system.
>
> Any help with this is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Rick Duvall
>
>
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Boot from the CD...when you get to the boot prompt type:
boot -s
The machine will boot into single user mode and give you a shell.
Hope this helps,
Beech
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