Date: Tue, 06 Apr 1999 09:26:04 +1000 From: Andrew Johns <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au> To: Rick Knebel <rknebel@uplink.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please Help with boot freeze Message-ID: <3709468C.42E27380@TurnAround.com.au> References: <000501be7fb9$b0ec3520$aa88fea9@inteva>
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Rick Knebel wrote: > > Hi, > > I am very upset. > I just got my freebsd 3.1 the way I wanted with my home network and thinga > and now I have a big problem. > > I was editing my rc.conf and must have got sloppy. > On my nest reboot the bootup stopped right where it was mounting my drivce > and said: > /etc/rc.conf > 16:Synatax error: > end of file unexpected. > Enter full name of shell or return for /bin/sh. > > If I hit retrn I can see the files on my hard drive but cannot bring up an > editor to fix the rc.conf file. > > I tried copying rc.conf~ to rc.conf but it says file is read only. > > Please help. > I do not want to reload freebsd again. > Don't worry - at the single user mode sh prompt, enter: mount -u / This will (re)mount / in read/write mode - then you will be able to: mount -a to mount the remaining partitions in /etc/fstab and then you will be able to: vi /etc/rc.conf as vi will be accessible from /usr/somewhere/vi (until the last mount -a, /usr will not have been mounted). HTH -- Regards | _/\_/\ Andrew Johns BSc (Comp Sci) | / \ TurnAround Solutions Pty Ltd | \_...__/ http://www.turnaround.com.au/ | \/ "The box said 'Requires Windows 95, NT, or better,' so I installed FreeBSD." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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