From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 16 16:34:13 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 F21BB16A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:34:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50C9D43D54 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:34:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) i6GGYBsF027848; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:34:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i6GGYBBW024497; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:34:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6GGYBBV024496; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:34:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 18:34:10 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: ticso@cicely.de Message-ID: <20040716163410.GB24452@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20040714203642.GA13855@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20040715114425.GG29928@submonkey.net> <20040715130055.GC17340@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20040716163226.GB21212@cicely12.cicely.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040716163226.GB21212@cicely12.cicely.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner 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 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 16:34:13 -0000 On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 06:32:27PM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote: > 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. I went for the CDboot method, which obviously works OK. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org