From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 21 05:45:00 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 825F416A4CE for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 05:45:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net (sccrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.202.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBFE243D53 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 05:44:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from be-well.no-ip.com ([66.30.196.44]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with ESMTP id <2004012113442701100ja0b9e>; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:44:27 +0000 Received: by be-well.no-ip.com (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 9CB6911; Wed, 21 Jan 2004 08:44:27 -0500 (EST) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: Killer@yourdoor.knockknock References: <20040120162623.18371.qmail@web40705.mail.yahoo.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 21 Jan 2004 08:44:27 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20040120162623.18371.qmail@web40705.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <44n08h4ds4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: oops!! now i cant boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:45:00 -0000 Rogue Spider writes: > I was tring to get my ess sound card working > on freeBSD 5.0, so i edited /boot/default/loader.conf > it edited in insert mode and i messed up > ["no"] became [yes"no"] and i saved before i relized > it and rebooted no it locks up and tells me there is > a problem and thats it. > i tried vty4 but do not know the commands > is there a way to edit the file loader.conf > using vty4 of something ?please? Boot a fixit disk, I guess. I don't think single-user mode will get you out of this one, although you could try the loader prompt... -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area: resume/CV at http://be-well.ilk.org:8088/~lowell/resume/ username/password "public"