From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 6 19:23:54 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BEF9BD0 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2014 19:23:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eu1sys200aog117.obsmtp.com (eu1sys200aog117.obsmtp.com [207.126.144.143]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9F9FD7D7 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 2014 19:23:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f172.google.com ([209.85.212.172]) (using TLSv1) by eu1sys200aob117.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP ID DSNKVINXqLrG4U3Dbx38O4fW0Hn5n069XS+i@postini.com; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 19:23:53 UTC Received: by mail-wi0-f172.google.com with SMTP id n3so1527269wiv.5 for ; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 11:23:19 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:message-id:to:subject:cc:reply-to :in-reply-to; bh=/WtD9FFS9bN7Pxo8ChnZIhwhLqXRoLQ8ebjM3I0Qg2M=; b=WFsZB30QgfLQRTPG0/2HD/xPCu44E/u3o8l2nCoeUVObDTOYrg9axkDhh5DM0aBk45 ZNTHdCbsprs0ttWYbq0DiT39cgEPa+OfnxoEpuNlz0cxMySFmhMUMda6o6xHgEbPOEMK T+u2eqy/NJ3APTvfWStj4WnBrFbNRE8LatGgLhW5WCjy3UWSUgndJNR8Lu++LyizpwER J0LsNpGiwENN71YpxzbxjILO4kSI5i/ogzCIHIFZAwng9r/Ddc+HR3u70l+OOdUeRdm7 l11eHYjJt7JJiv8ZDQFPgDbR4KKVyVy0E5cYhaw8e/B9MDD6K1Z5cfyLSt0LE/BzCePd NznQ== X-Received: by 10.180.78.73 with SMTP id z9mr12889759wiw.52.1417893429783; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 11:17:09 -0800 (PST) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmachF1CAitzIdRXKHjjm9WZZVOIW60ymMycRNruY4C5Ek/tKe6798oxtdN+SugWZLcfSjpjk1Lbl34sauSmV7GoW7uSUMpIGP5fmqLP/MuayyXCD9fxxGd8cmAdgnRRUGPmVU9OEKgZMXbHF+T5ixm5xrNHQ== X-Received: by 10.180.78.73 with SMTP id z9mr12889757wiw.52.1417893429710; Sat, 06 Dec 2014 11:17:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk (mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk. [137.222.187.221]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id cp4sm49691705wjb.16.2014.12.06.11.17.08 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 06 Dec 2014 11:17:09 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 11:17:09 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 19:17:07 GMT Received: from mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id sB6JH7Bc013726 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 6 Dec 2014 19:17:08 GMT (envelope-from mexas@mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id sB6JH7pU013725; Sat, 6 Dec 2014 19:17:07 GMT (envelope-from mexas) From: Anton Shterenlikht Message-Id: <201412061917.sB6JH7pU013725@mech-as221.men.bris.ac.uk> To: lists.br@gmail.com, mexas@bris.ac.uk Subject: Re: single user mode? Reply-To: mexas@bris.ac.uk In-Reply-To: Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 19:23:54 -0000 >From lists.br@gmail.com Sat Dec 6 14:22:54 2014 >> Is it possible to enter a single user mode >> on arm 10.1-release? >> >> My disk, well.. the sd card, got corrupted, >> so wanted to run fsck on it, but cannot >> enter a single user mode. I ended up putting >> the sd card into a laptop and running fsck there. >> This fixed lots of panics, but is it possible >> to enter the single user mode on arm, and >> run fsck directly there? > >If you are using RPi with official or crochet images then yes, you can >force it to boot in single user mode and run fsck, but (and there >always a but) you can only do that from serial console, the vt >framebuffer starts too late to allow you to break into loader prompt. so I need a usb to serial converter for this, right? Anton