From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 16 16:33:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F36716A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:33:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4759A43D2D for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:33:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) (authenticated bits=0) i6GGXKaI080795 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:33:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301::12]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6GGWTUi002578 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:32:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6GGWSaH037276; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:32:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6GGWRmE037275; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:32:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:32:27 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Wilko Bulte Message-ID: <20040716163226.GB21212@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <20040714203642.GA13855@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20040715114425.GG29928@submonkey.net> <20040715130055.GC17340@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040715130055.GC17340@freebie.xs4all.nl> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.2-CURRENT alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Report: * -4.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on cicely12.cicely.de cc: Ceri Davies cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hm, how to recover from a fscked-up device.hints? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:33:25 -0000 On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 03:00:55PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 12:44:25PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 10:36:42PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > I just created myself an interesting challenge: > > > > > > - I basically replaced my /boot/device.hints with a nonsensical one (don't > > > ask), it is not a device.hints file at all. > > > > > > How does one recover from that? Booting kernel.old does not fix it for > > > obvious reasons.. > > > > Boot from CDROM? > > Yeah.. I thought of that one, but I was wondering about something > more clever. Probably does not exist :) Cut & Paste it on serial console - or as other said type the minimum required for single user mode by hand. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de