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Subject: SOLVED ->Re: Help! I killed my rc.conf and cant boot correctly!
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Thanks 
--- Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> wrote: >
# bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au / 2003-06-28 16:04:58
> +1000:
> >  --- Adam <blueeskimo@gmx.net> wrote: > On Fri,
> > 2003-06-27 at 23:57, Keith Spencer wrote:
> > > > Want to hear a tale of stupidity and woe.  I
> screwed up fbsd 4.7
> > > > system rc.conf and can only seem to boot into
> a basic session.
> > > > Cant edit or save to /etc files.  What to do
> and you guessed
> > > > it...noboot disk was made although I have
> another 4.7 fbsd machine
> > > > nearby.  Tell me it's not fatal guys!
> > > 
> > > I don't see why you wouldn't be able to boot
> into single-user mode,
> > > edit the rc.conf, then reboot. What exactly is
> the problem editing
> > > the files in /etc from SU mode?
> > 
> > When the machine boots it drops straight into (I
> guess) single user
> > mode. The /usr/sbin /usr/bin cant be cd-ed to and
> the /etc dir says it
> > is read only file system! So I can't save to it. 
> I have a "Schlacter
> > tute" fireall setup on it. With whatever security
> it entails.  Any
> > clue? Can I interupt the boot and do something?
> > This is a mission critical machine darn it...Oh
> dear!
> 
>     mount -u /
>     mount -a -t ufs
>     swapon -a
>     /usr/bin/vi /etc/rc.conf
> 
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