Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 09:29:42 +1000 (EST) From: Carey Nairn <cpn@dpac.tas.gov.au> To: Rick Knebel <rknebel@uplink.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please Help with boot freeze Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904060922540.4362-100000@whitestar.cpn.org.au> In-Reply-To: <000501be7fb9$b0ec3520$aa88fea9@inteva>
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You have been booted into single-user mode because of the error in your rc.conf file. By default this mounts the root filesystem only and in read-only mode. To remount your filesystems with the correct modes, use /sbin/mount -u -a The -a flag indicates that all the filesystems described in fstab(5) are mounted, except for those marked with the noauto flag. The -u flag indicates that the status of an already mounted file system should be changed. This will force the root filesystem to be remounted in read/write mode. cheers, Carey Nairn On Mon, 5 Apr 1999, 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. > > Thanks > Rick > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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