Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:12:29 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Didier Rwitura <drwitura@primus.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't reboot into single mode Message-ID: <20050911111229.GB91588@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0509102311260.10553-100000@staffshell.primus.ca> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0509102311260.10553-100000@staffshell.primus.ca>
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On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 11:19:22PM -0400, Didier Rwitura wrote: > >After I upgraded my FreeBSD-5.3 to FreeBSD -5.4 stable, I can't to go to >single user mode anymore . I am getting the following error message > >init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv0 ... getty's are only exec'd in multi-user mode so something odd is happening. More information is needed: How did you upgrade? Source upgrade or binary upgrade? If it was a source upgrade, exactly what did you do? How are you booting to single user mode? Breaking to the loader prompt and entering "boot -s" or entering "4" (from memory) into the boot menu? When you boot single user, what are console messages between "Mounting root..." and the "can't exec getty" message? -- Peter Jeremy
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