From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 10 11:31:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA04354 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:31:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA04348 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:31:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by root.com (8.7.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id LAA19249; Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:31:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199609101831.LAA19249@root.com> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.root.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "O. Hartmann" cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: System hung In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 10 Sep 1996 20:13:02 +0200." <3235AFAE.36B5@trudi.zdv.uni-mainz.de> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 11:31:07 -0700 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Dear Sirs. >I administer a FreeBSD 2.1.0 Pentium PC and recovered a horrible >problem. I was changing a row in /etc/exports. When I rebooted our >Server, the system goes into a "sleep" state when it reaches the >script-line where the mountd has to export several directories for the >PC area. > >I have no chance to break and it seems horrible to me that there is no >possibility in entering the system without installing it from new. > >Well, if you have any idea how to come up again, please email me! It sounds like it can't resolve the machine name(s) in the exports list. You might try typing ctrl-C once or twice. If that doesn't work, you could boot with "-s" for single user, then 'mount -a' to mount your filesystems, and then edit /etc/exports. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project