Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 16:40:27 +0000 From: Alex <alex@frustum.clara.co.uk> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot: -s , and nothing Message-ID: <19991204164027.A294@frustum.clara.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <19991204155325.C568@marder-1> References: <19991204152531.A3213@frustum.clara.co.uk> <19991204155325.C568@marder-1>
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Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> wrote : > 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 Mark, your advice worked. -Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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