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>Number:         22694
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       submission of new FAQ text on fixing broken startup files
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 08 08:00:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Lowell Gilbert
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.2-BETA i386
>Organization:
n/a
>Environment:

current FAQ

>Description:

For people who *read* the FAQ, this is trivial.  
However, people who *search* the FAQ will probably find it helpful.

>How-To-Repeat:

This gets asked regularly these days.

>Fix:

*** doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml~	Wed Nov  8 09:06:52 2000
--- doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml	Wed Nov  8 10:15:13 2000
***************
*** 6077,6082 ****
--- 6077,6096 ----
        </qandaentry>
  
        <qandaentry>
+         <question id="mangled-startup-files">
+           <para>I made a mistake in my startup files, and now the box
+ 	    won't boot: how do I fix my mistake?</para>
+         </question><answer>
+ 
+           <para>See the
+ 	    <link linkend="forgot-root-pw">previous question</link>,
+ 	    except edit the startup file in question instead of doing
+ 	    <command>passwd root</command>.</para>
+ 
+         </answer>
+       </qandaentry>
+ 
+       <qandaentry>
          <question id="CAD-reboot">
            <para>How do I keep Control-Alt-Delete from rebooting the
              system?</para>



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