Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 10:28:07 +0200 (CEST) From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> To: Eric Saylor <esaylor@sprynet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.2 single-user mode Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908271023390.15843-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <001601bef056$bce17b20$ce5dfea9@anonymous>
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On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Eric Saylor wrote: > My root password isn't working, and I'm trying to get into single-user > mode to change it. I am running FreeBSD 3.2. As my PC boots, I hit > the spacebar and get the following prompt, at which I type the "boot > -s" command for single-user mode. I get the result below, and I don't > know what's wrong. If I type "/boot/loader" at the "boot:" prompt, the > kernel boots normally. >=20 > Help!! >=20 >=20 > >>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:da(0,a)/boot/loader > boot: boot -s > No boot >=20 > >>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:da(0,a)boot > boot: Wait until the boot loader writes following message: Hit Enter to boot immediately or any other key to break! Ok, the message will only be similar to what I remember now :-)=09! Hit any key to stop the boot sequence, and now at the da0s1a> (or simillar) prompt type `boot -s'. That's new since 3.1-R. Regards // // Konrad Heuer ____ ___ _____= __=20 // Gesellschaft f=FCr wissenschaftliche / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __= / _ \ // Datenverarbeitung mbH G=D6ttingen / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/= // / // Am Fa=DFberg, D-37077 G=D6ttingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___= /____/=20 // Deutschland (Germany) ----- The Power to Serve ----= - // http://www.freebsd.org // kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de // To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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