Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 01:12:37 -0500 From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: "Keith Spencer" <bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au>, "Adam" <blueeskimo@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! I killed my rc.conf and cant boot correctly! Message-ID: <045101c33d3c$482210b0$6541d5cc@nitanjared> References: <20030628060458.24753.qmail@web12004.mail.yahoo.com>
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From: "Keith Spencer" <bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au>
To: "Adam" <blueeskimo@gmx.net>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 1:04 AM
Subject: Re: Help! I killed my rc.conf and cant boot correctly!
> Thanks Adam,
> When the machine boots it drops straight into (I
> guess) single user mode. The /usr/sbin /usr/bin cant
> be cd-ed to and the /etc dir says it is read only file
> system! So I can't save to it.
> I have a "Schlacter tute" fireall setup on it. With
> whatever security it entails.
> Any clue? Can I interupt the boot and do something?
> This is a mission critical machine darn it...Oh dear!
> Keith
You need to mount the filesystems properly, and it
needs be done manually.
IIRC:
$/sbin/mount -t ufs /dev/ad1sf /usr
//...change device to match your setup
HTH, KDK
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