Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 23:50:50 +0100 From: mess-mate <messmate@free.fr> To: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions-en" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: can't start Message-ID: <20020221011814.3241117F06@postfix3-2.free.fr> In-Reply-To: <44k7t7dew4.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> References: <20020220211347.EA8BD17F67@postfix3-2.free.fr> <44k7t7dew4.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>
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Thanks the trick did it. (with cp ) But export is for bash, isn't ? So I'm in tsch. How do I chnage my shell to bash ? I only jnow bash. What's better tsch or bash ? On Wednesday 20 February 2002 22:25, you wrote: | mess-mate <messmate@free.fr> writes: | > Hello guys,I did a mistake. | > Forgot a quote in /etc/rc.conf, so is there a way to acces this | > file in read-write mode to correct the error ? | > Falling back to 'sh' give only access to this file in read mode | > and no editer available. | > So the only way (I think) is to cp my /etc/rc.conf-old to | > /rc.conf and reboot. | | This is a Frequently Asked Question. | Quoting | http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#RCC |ONF-READONLY: | | I made a mistake in rc.conf, or another startup file, and now I | cannot edit it because the filesystem is read-only. What should I | do? | | When you get the prompt to enter the shell pathname, simply | press ENTER, and run mount / to re-mount the root filesystem in | read/write mode. You may also need to run mount -a -t ufs to mount | the filesystem where your favourite editor is defined. If your | favourite editor is on a network filesystem, you will need to | either configure the network manually before you can mount network | filesystems, or use an editor which resides on a local filesystem, | such as ed(1). | | If you intend to use a full screen editor such as vi(1) or | emacs(1), you may also need to run export TERM=3Dcons25 so that these | editors can load the correct data from the termcap(5) database.=20 | Once you have performed these steps, you can edit /etc/rc.conf as | you usually would to fix the syntax error. The error message | displayed immediately after the kernel boot messages should tell | you the number of the line in the file which is at fault. | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --=20 mess-mate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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