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From: LIM_Shih_Hsien@ida.gov.sg
Subject: Recovering from misconfigured rc.conf
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Hi, i had entered a wrong syntax for a line in /etc/rc.conf.

FreeBSD will now dump me into single user mode upon bootup, after
highlighting the syntax error.

Is there any way I can edit rc.conf in this mode to comment out the
offending line pls?  I only have / mounted in the single user mode, and
cannot access vi or similar commands in the csh session.

I am running FreeBSD4.5-STABLE.

Many thanks,
Shih Hsien Lim


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