From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 9 13:55:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0695D16A4CE for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:55:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pimout3-ext.prodigy.net (pimout3-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.63.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C7F843D31 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:55:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lrnobs@firstclasssolutions.net) Received: from NCSXP (adsl-67-67-110-29.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net [67.67.110.29]) i39Ktd1a016650 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 16:55:41 -0400 Message-ID: <003b01c41e75$03ffa8f0$0a05010a@NCSXP> From: "lrnobs" To: References: <4076527F.1060902@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 15:55:39 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2727.1300 Subject: Syntax error in rc.conf - cannot fix X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 20:55:43 -0000 I am setting up a new server so I could just reinstall, but this is a learning opportunity. I was changing the hostname of the computer. In rc.conf I apparently left the leading " off the name. BSD doesn't like this. It stops the boot and allows/forces me to a shell. So I found that "cat" shows me the error of my ways. vi apparently doesn't exist or is stored somewhere that I cannot find because "find" does not work either. I did find "ed" and thought I would be learning how to use it, but alas trying to launch it tells me that I have a readonly file system. So, is there any way for me to fix my typo, or is reinstall my only option. Thanks, Larry Nobs