Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 19:22:42 -0700 From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drewt@writeme.com> To: "'FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Help! - I'm Locked Out Message-ID: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A0EA@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov> In-Reply-To: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F0239014F54B4@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Drew > Tomlinson > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 7:16 PM > To: FreeBSD Questions (E-mail) > Subject: Help! - I'm Locked Out > > > I have been messing with my system and am now apparently > locked out. It all > started when I attempted to upgrade my 4.3 system to 4.4 via > sysinstall. It > failed in the middle and from there things have just gotten worse. > > As it stands now, I can't log in from the console (no login > prompt) and I > can't get in remotely as it appears root can't log in > remotely. All my > previous accounts seem to be missing. > > I don't have anything real important and am prepared to erase > everything and > start over with a fresh install. I've made the boot floppies for > 4.4-RELEASE and booted the machine but it doesn't seem to recognize my > network card for an FTP install. I only get choices for the > parallel and > serial interfaces when configuring the network via > sysinstall. Prior to > this incident, my card was ed0 on interrupt 9 and address > D0000-D0800. I > can retrieve this from the startup: > > ed0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 192.168.0.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255 > inet6 fe80::240:5ff:fe66:b255%ed0 prefixlen 64 > tentative scopeid 0x2 > ether 00:40:05:66:b2:55 > > So I have no console access and I can't seem to boot from the > floppies and > perform an FTP install. Burning a CD is out of the question for a few > weeks. Any ideas on how I can get this installed? > > Thanks, > > Drew P.S. I have entered the proper card parameters in sysinstall. The only one I've left as default is the 0x280. Should I try something different here? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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