From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 7 15:11:29 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id PAA08143 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 7 Nov 1995 15:11:29 -0800 Received: from bacchus.eng.umd.edu (bacchus.eng.umd.edu [129.2.94.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA08135 for ; Tue, 7 Nov 1995 15:11:23 -0800 Received: from mocha.eng.umd.edu (mocha.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.16]) by bacchus.eng.umd.edu (8.7/8.7) with ESMTP id SAA12648; Tue, 7 Nov 1995 18:11:19 -0500 (EST) Received: (chuckr@localhost) by mocha.eng.umd.edu (8.7/8.6.4) id SAA13462; Tue, 7 Nov 1995 18:11:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 18:11:17 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@mocha.eng.umd.edu To: Donald Burr cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Two FreeBSD Questions: starting single-user, and modem lights prog? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 7 Nov 1995, Donald Burr wrote: > Two questions: > > 1. How do you start the system single-user, from the boot prompt? > In Linux, you could give a commnad (using LILO boot loader) like: > single > that would get you into single-user mode. Is there a FreeBSD > equivalent? I couldn't seem to find any documentation on this. > kernel -s > 2. Is there a program that can display the status of your modem > (the most essential ones are: OH - if the modem is off-hook (i.e. > dialed out) or not, RD - data being received, TR - data being > sent)? I have a internal modem, and this would be a useful thing; > it's probably also useful for the laptop/PCMCIA crowd. Dunno, that's why I always get external modems. > > Thanks! > > Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 > TEL (805)564-1871 // FAX 564-2315 // WWW http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/~dburr > PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or Public Key Servers. > ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. ** > > ========================================================================== Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu, I run FreeBSD-current on n3lxx + Journey2 Here's OJ's internet address in hex code: 00 2F 2F 2F 2F 5C 7F 2D 0D 15 1B 19 24 24 24 18 If you can't recall the translation, here it is: null character, slash, slash, slash, slash, backslash, rubout, dash, carriage return, negative acknowledgement, escape, end of media, dollar sign, dollar sign, dollar sign, cancel