From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 23 20:54:11 2005 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 9387316A4CE for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:54:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.rulez.sk (DaEmoN.RuLeZ.sK [84.16.32.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8554C43D66 for ; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:54:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danger@rulez.sk) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.rulez.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06FAD45065; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:54:05 +0100 (CET) Received: from danger.mcrn.sk (danger.mcrn.sk [84.16.37.254]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.rulez.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAA004505F; Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:54:01 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:52:56 +0100 From: Daniel Gerzo X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <706031186.20050323215256@rulez.sk> To: "Dixit, Viraj" , questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1; boundary="----------11615C1F11FD85885" X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.rulez.sk X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.588 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, AWL, BAYES_00, PRIORITY_NO_NAME X-Spam-Level: X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Re: Problem Help! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: DanGer List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:54:11 -0000 This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. ------------11615C1F11FD85885 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Viraj, Wednesday, March 23, 2005, 9:41:05 PM, you made these points: > Hi, > In my haste I edited my rc.conf file and knowing well that if I > make a mistake I will get hung the system at that point. I need an > expert help to get me out of this situation. I spent days building > the system, I don't want to do the whole thing again. I must have > forgot a quote in my rc.conf file and now when the system got > rebooted it's asking for pathaname for the shell. I am not sure of > the next step. Help!! > Thanks well, if you are prompted to the path name of the shell, you have to type there full path-name e.g. /bin/sh. this is necessary to get to the single user mode in next step. then, you will have to edit /etc/rc.conf again and fix your typo. save & exit && reboot. --=20 Best Regards, +----------=3D=3D/\/\=3D=3D----------+ (__) FreeBSD | DanGer | \\\'',) The | DanGer@IRCnet ICQ261701668 | \/ \ ^ Power | http://danger.rulez.sk | .\._/_) To +----------=3D=3D\/\/=3D=3D----------+ Serve [ Is baldness the sign of a man who came out on top? ] ------------11615C1F11FD85885--