Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 05:51:23 -0800 From: Joshua Lokken <joshua@twobirds.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SIngle User Mode Help Message-ID: <20040306135123.GA55765@voyager.swabbies.org> In-Reply-To: <200403051516.i25FGQZ25312@clunix.cl.msu.edu> References: <0HU3000VYHSO4G@mmp-3.gci.net> <200403051516.i25FGQZ25312@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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* Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> [2004-03-06 02:42]: > > > > Hey Guys, > > > > I'm constantly botching up my fstab file and the system will fail to boot > > correctly. I've learned to create a working fstab and call is fstab.orig > > which I can overwrite the botched file if I end up in Single User Mode... > > You're right to make a copy before tinkering. > > > I can't find any info on Single User Mode to help me: > > > > - I use mount -u / to mount the filesystem as read/write > > That is correct, but, of course, it only gets the root (/) filesystem > mounted. You may need stuff on other ones, especially /usr. > > Try doing > fsck /usr > mount /usr or mount /dev/d0s1f /usr or whatever slice and > partition you have /usr on > > > - I cannot access any editors like vi or pico (my personal) favorite once in > > single user mode... Why? > Or, to make things easier: prompt# fsck -p prompt# mount -u / prompt# mount -a -tufs just like pre-buildworld... -- Joshua Another war ... must it always be so? How many comrades have we lost in this way? ... Obedience. Duty. Death, and more death ... -- Romulan Commander, "Balance of Terror", stardate 1709.2
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