From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 6 9:16:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gvtcsmtp.america.net (smvy-216-177-160-30.gvtc.com [216.177.160.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BB6637B405 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 09:16:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from jgansle (smvy-216-177-165-198.gvtc.com [216.177.165.198]) by gvtcsmtp.america.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g06HIrI21021 for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2002 12:18:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <000201c196d6$06f6f460$c6a5b1d8@gvtc> Reply-To: "Jim Gansle" From: "Jim Gansle" To: "Free BSD Questions" Subject: Can't get to boot prompt Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 10:59:01 -0600 Organization: Serendipity Enterprises MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0017_01C196A1.261B29E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C196A1.261B29E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I made a couple errors in editing the rc.confg file, and as a result the = boot process doesn't get me to the login prompt. It stops and asks me = for the full pathname of the shell or to press RETURN for /bin/sh. I = haven't been able to determine what the "full pathname" is, and couldn't = get anywhere in /bin/sh. Can anyone help this Windows-indoctrinated newbie get back to working = with FBSD? With thanks in advance. Jim Gansle ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C196A1.261B29E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I made a couple errors in editing the = rc.confg=20 file, and as a result the boot process doesn't get me to the login = prompt. It=20 stops and asks me for the full pathname of the shell or to press RETURN = for=20 /bin/sh. I haven't been able to determine what the "full pathname" is, = and=20 couldn't get anywhere in /bin/sh.

Can anyone help this = Windows-indoctrinated newbie=20 get back to working with FBSD? With thanks in advance.

Jim Gansle

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