From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 22 11:40:56 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E87B106564A for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:40:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44D588FC15 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:40:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwj9 with SMTP id 9so4791142qwj.13 for ; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:40:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=rzusG9kMLCI7gK6fQAtoY4SfkIxAf372iEXtNMzHJJ4=; b=o54d4WMPK2hOZ9xhpvLjSOD5QVGibG4/zgWkvECha7KamYc/drkg0JVmepukMEztT5 KSErsRtFicmeRuecsvUzseI6KOyk7WdyHUoratt2RbVRhudFC3LY0DV4hT9cqdgPw/J5 R0h4qR3CGGHZdV8iLaQM5bQqHFAbJEIJXQNlA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=p2tZoBdo0UARwiLpnqsFhFr/xQ6l22NSMLZeZGEmbPFQExj670UlRWzn1qIaQ8Aj3s S3lk+pl+p49NtbzTTn6zZ4+zZULf7UGnDogMVuXjslmwUoPQW85YZZ3jWMzBswIIN3gV LjU0BC8DqhHafvqzaAmMEilka/+bbsZ4BtYc4= Received: by 10.229.89.78 with SMTP id d14mr3860904qcm.251.1293018055630; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:40:55 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.88.9 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Dec 2010 03:40:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4D11DA76.32672.214EF771@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> From: Odhiambo Washington Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:40:25 +0300 Message-ID: To: utisoft@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Dave , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Well, I broke it! FreeBSD V8.1 release X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:40:56 -0000 On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Chris Rees wrote: > Your PATH isn't set. > > # fsck / > # mount -uw / > # /bin/sed -i.bak -e 's/^;//' /etc/rc.conf > > Or (can't remember where des is kept) > > # fsck /usr > # mount /usr > # /usr/bin/sed -i.bak -e 's/^;//' /etc/rc.conf > > For someone who asked a question like the OP, this is a too advanced to understand. "mount -u /" is almost enough unless he cold-booted the computer at some point. Yes, it's safe to do fsck I agree. Just tell the poster that it id necessary to edit /etc/rc.conf by doing xyz. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!