Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 13:33:25 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: Mark Ovens <marko@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Jean Tran <jeann@smartt.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: single user mode Message-ID: <39A6D815.F9B524B1@urx.com> References: <4.3.2.20000825120325.00b19038@127.0.0.1> <20000825201443.C254@parish>
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Mark Ovens wrote: > > [moved to -questions] > > On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 12:07:14PM -0700, Jean Tran wrote: > > Hi, > > I run into a problem when trying to follow the instruction from the > > handbook. I need to get into the single user mode to change a forgotten > > root password. I can get into either the boot2 prompt(boot prompt) or the > > multi_user mode(login prompt) when press any key(except ENTER) after the > > bootstrap loader. I then tried boot -s or just -s, and none of them will > > bring up the single user mode. I am not sure what I did wrong > > here. Please advise. Thanx. > > > > Hit any key (except ENTER) when you see the "twirling baton" in the > top left corner of the screen and type > > boot /kernel -s Does that get you around the loader problem. There are times when I want to boot into single user mode and exit to multi-user mode. When I use /kernel -s, top and some other processes don't work and so I reboot. It would be nice to just exit. Kent > > > regards, > > Jean > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message > > -- > 4.4 - The number of the Beastie > ________________________________________________________________ > 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark > mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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