From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 11 16:12:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from unix.megared.net.mx (megamail.megared.com.mx [207.249.162.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E66F14FAA for ; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:12:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Received: from ales (solaris.puebla.megared.net.mx [207.249.163.251]) by unix.megared.net.mx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA17964; Thu, 11 Nov 1999 18:11:36 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Message-ID: <03e301bf2ca2$41cf6c20$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx> Reply-To: "Alejandro Ramirez" From: "Alejandro Ramirez" To: "Graeme Tait" , "Jonathon McKitrick" Cc: "Lowell Gilbert" , References: <382990EE.8D74B441@echidna.com> Subject: RE: Group problems Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 18:09:58 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I've had occasional troubles with selecting single user mode at boot > time too (2.2.7S). I forget the exact details of how it would behave, > but entering the full boot command always seems to work, in the form > When you are in the boot prompt, in 2.X systems, just write "-s" and enter, and thats it, in 3.X systems, you have to write "boot -s" and thats it, you go into single user mode, it always have worked for me. Have Fun... Ales > 0:sd(0,a)kernel -s > > or whatever, according to your configuration. > > You will notice the boot screen has near the top a line labelled > "default" or something like that, followed by a command string - this > string seems to get messed up if you initially make a mistake typing at > the boot prompt and try again. Maybe that has something to do with the > problem. > > > Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > > > The Complete FreeBSD says shutdown with no options will put the system > > into single user mode. So far, this hasn't worked for me. And i've had a > > hard time getting it to boot into single user mode as well. I tried the > > -s option during boot and it seems inconsistent. But the shutdown with no > > arguments halts the system sometimes, and other times it goes into single > > user. ANy idea why? > > > > On 10 Nov 1999, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > > > >shutdown has several extra features: it allows you to schedule the > > >reboot for a point in the future, it writes those warnings to users' > > >terminals, and it tries to get init to shut down other processes before > > >it actually stops it. The last one is a good enough reason to *always* > > >use shutdown in multiuser mode unless you have a good reason not to. > > > > > >Be well. > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > -jonathon > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message