From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 22 18:40:29 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3150216A4CE for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:40:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1368B43D2D for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:40:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i6MIeSOU066747 for ; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:40:28 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i6MIeSGp066746; Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:40:28 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:40:28 GMT Message-Id: <200407221840.i6MIeSGp066746@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: "Simon L. Nielsen" Subject: Re: docs/67806: Let 5.x users know how to boot into single user mode in cutting-edge. X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Simon L. Nielsen" List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:40:29 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/67806; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Simon L. Nielsen" To: Peter Pentchev Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, liamfoy@sepulcrum.org Subject: Re: docs/67806: Let 5.x users know how to boot into single user mode in cutting-edge. Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 20:40:16 +0200 --E13BgyNx05feLLmH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2004.07.22 14:41:18 +0000, Peter Pentchev wrote: > What do y'all think about the following patch? Since we are getting closer and closer to 5.X as -STABLE I personally prefer to start making 4.X the exception, rather than the other way around, so 5.X is described and the 4.X behavior is in a "", but that might just be me... > Index: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chap= ter.sgml,v > retrieving revision 1.203 > diff -u -r1.203 chapter.sgml > --- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml 6 Jul 20= 04 15:09:54 -0000 1.203 > +++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml 22 Jul 2= 004 14:34:13 -0000 > @@ -748,9 +748,24 @@ > from a running system, which will drop it to single user > mode. > =20 > - Alternatively, reboot the system, and at the boot prompt, > - enter the flag. The system will then boot > - single user. At the shell prompt you should then run: > + Alternatively, reboot the system. When the + linkend=3D"boot-loader">boot loader starts and displays the > + message Booting [/kernel] in 10 > + seconds, press Space (or any key but > + Enter) to interrupt the countdown and display the > + loader prompt, then enter the boot -s command. > + The system will then boot in single user mode. > + > + > + If you are using &os.current;, the loader does not display a I think "&os; 5.X" is better since hopefully we should have 5.3-STABLE in a few months. --=20 Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team --E13BgyNx05feLLmH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBAAoPh9pcDSc1mlERArpiAJ4wZ8SSbYsBz9dnIb1oNeeZFIKHiQCbBC/m Iu4nkAymR8eel0pcHgVPbwY= =Z6Pe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --E13BgyNx05feLLmH--