Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 15:53:25 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Alex <alex@frustum.clara.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot: -s , and nothing Message-ID: <19991204155325.C568@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <19991204152531.A3213@frustum.clara.co.uk> References: <19991204152531.A3213@frustum.clara.co.uk>
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On Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 03:25:31PM +0000, Alex wrote:
>
> On start-up if I specify the "-s" switch ( e.g. boot: -s ) to boot
> into single user mode it just gets ignored and boots into multiple
> user mode.
>
> Does anybody have any idea what causes this or how I could boot into
> single user mode ?
>
> I am running 3.3, on PII, 64MB, 6GB disk. I did recompile the kernel.
>
It depends where you stopped the boot process.
If you stopped it when just ``-'' is displayed in the top left corner
of the screen you have to give it the kernel name,
e.g. ``/kernel -s''.
If you stopped it at the 10-second countdown you just type
``boot -s''.
I'm fairly sure I've got the above right, but I can't reboot at the
moment to check.
If all else fails, once it's come up multi-user ``shutdown now'' will
take it down to single-user.
HTH
> Thank you for your time.
>
> -Alex
>
>
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