From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 13 11:42:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailbox.engr.sc.edu (mailbox.engr.sc.edu [129.252.22.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83D9737BD6F for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 11:42:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gruen@engr.sc.edu) Received: by mailbox.engr.sc.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Thu, 13 Apr 2000 14:39:58 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Gruen, Robert" To: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Unable to boot Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 14:39:55 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have had several responses to a previous e-mail concerning this issue but alas, non of them have resolved my problem. I was editing the rc.conf file and I forgot the trailing quotes in one of the lines. Now when I attempt to boot the computer I get the message: /etc/rc.conf: 12: Syntax Error: Unterminated string constant Enter full path name for shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: Well, when I hit RETURN, or type in the path to a shell I know is there (/usr/local/bin/tcsh), it spits out the same message. I cannot get past this point. I have tried to boot the machine in single user mode, with an alternate kernel, but nothing seems to get me past this point. I always wind up with the same message and prompt. Thanks in advance for any asistance. Rob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message