Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 05:26:16 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: Keith Spencer <bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! I killed my rc.conf and cant boot correctly! Message-ID: <20030630032616.GK11229@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <20030628060458.24753.qmail@web12004.mail.yahoo.com> References: <1056776531.93161.2.camel@jake> <20030628060458.24753.qmail@web12004.mail.yahoo.com>
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# bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au / 2003-06-28 16:04:58 +1000:
> --- Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net> wrote: > On Fri,
> 2003-06-27 at 23:57, Keith Spencer wrote:
> > > Want to hear a tale of stupidity and woe. I screwed up fbsd 4.7
> > > system rc.conf and can only seem to boot into a basic session.
> > > Cant edit or save to /etc files. What to do and you guessed
> > > it...noboot disk was made although I have another 4.7 fbsd machine
> > > nearby. Tell me it's not fatal guys!
> >
> > I don't see why you wouldn't be able to boot into single-user mode,
> > edit the rc.conf, then reboot. What exactly is the problem editing
> > the files in /etc from SU mode?
>
> 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!
mount -u /
mount -a -t ufs
swapon -a
/usr/bin/vi /etc/rc.conf
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