Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 01:42:38 +0100 From: Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk> To: vagner <george@vagner.com> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to get into single user mode Message-ID: <87h926tjb6.fsf@news-spur.riddles.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <7cf8239d-b2b2-9d30-51d5-907d8feab967@vagner.com> (vagner's message of "Sun, 2 Apr 2017 18:09:53 -0400") References: <7cf8239d-b2b2-9d30-51d5-907d8feab967@vagner.com>
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>>>>> "vagner" == vagner <george@vagner.com> writes: vagner> i made a mistake in my /etc/fstab on an external drive setting vagner> not on the boot device and the system wont boot, it stops after vagner> the ethernet detection and then random unblocking device. vagner> as the system boots up it does show to press a key to get into vagner> single user mode but the keyboard is not initialized yet. You don't say what hardware this is? But my guess is that it's expecting a serial console, and so the single-user prompts are going there rather than to the screen. (I had that a lot when first setting up the RPI.) -- Andrew.
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