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From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: docs/22694: submission of new FAQ text on fixing broken startup files
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The following reply was made to PR docs/22694; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To: lowell@world.std.com
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/22694: submission of new FAQ text on fixing broken startup files
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 20:31:17 +0000

 lowell@world.std.com wrote:
 
 > +         <question id="mangled-startup-files">
 > +           <para>I made a mistake in my startup files, and now the box
 > + 	    won't boot: how do I fix my mistake?</para>
 > +         </question><answer>
 > + 
 > +           <para>See the
 > + 	    <link linkend="forgot-root-pw">previous question</link>,
 > + 	    except edit the startup file in question instead of doing
 > + 	    <command>passwd root</command>.</para>
 > + 
 > +         </answer>
 
 Isn't the "I made a mistake in rc.conf, and now I can't edit it because
 the filesystem is read-only. What should I do?" question good enough?
 
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