Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 09:58:59 -0500 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: leburke@mindspring.com, "=?iso-8859-1?Q?=95questions?= @freebsd.org" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: boot hang Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20011025095859.00f46e68@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <3BD8157F.BDAC880@mindspring.com>
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During the very initial bootup, you have a few seconds to choose whether to boot (hit enter) or hit some other key to go to prompt. That is your safe mode.... At 09:37 AM 10.25.2001 -0400, A. Lester Burke wrote: >Question > >I have a machine that won't boot completely because, it tells me, it >can't mount an NFS partition. Problem is it just hangs there, so I >can't get into the machine to change anything. > >The question is : Is there a way to boot up into "safe mode" so that I >can at least read the error logs or something. ? slight panic, but Ilm >not screaming yet > >Thanks > >-- >A. Lester Burke >Network Analyst >Arlington Public Schools, VA >V 703-228-6057 >E leburke@mindspring.com > >"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary >safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." >Ben Franklin > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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