Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:45:17 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <Daniel.Bye@uk.uu.net> To: 'Funn Dipp' <isetr0@sevicron.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: I'm locked out Message-ID: <FB7CAC781DB6D311BEE800805FE6FADA2F4C78@camexch4.cam.uk.internal>
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I've seen similar stuff on Solaris boxes, caused by using a crappy xterm emulator for weendoze and having a weird value for TERM on the remote box. (I log in using console servers, so this _is_ relevant for single user mode stuff.... just). If you use a similar setup, it could be that. You would probably see screwy output from other full-terminal programs, like more and top, etc. Could be this (I have noticed some slightly odd behaviour at the console if the TERM environment variable is set up wrong), but given my track record for things like this, it probably isn't! :o) Dan "Monday is low self-esteem day" Bye > -----Original Message----- > From: Funn Dipp [mailto:isetr0@sevicron.com] > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 6:36 PM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: I'm locked out > > > I have a offtopic question about this... > > I've had to do this a couple times - messed up fstabs, rc.confs, etc. > > However - if I try to use an editor like vi or even ee, it's > just all garbage. I can see bits and pieces of the file but > it's not very pretty. Luckily I'm good at editing with my > eyes closed so I get it fixed, but I'm guessing that > shouldn't be happening. Any ideas? > > isetr0 > > On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 12:18:11PM -0400, ROTHENBERG, MICHAEL wrote: > > heheh I did stuff like that last week... mad a mistake in fstab. > > > > you can change the r/w setting of an already mounted FS. if > you man mount it > > will tell you how. Also, you will have to manually mount > all the other file > > systems if you want to use any editors. > > > > -michael > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Len Huppe [mailto:huppe@mailtag.com] > > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 12:14 PM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: I'm locked out > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I have a typo/syntax error in my /etc/rc.conf file, and I > am now locked > > out of my system. I don't know how to get back in and edit > the file. > > The kernel lets me run a shell but the root partition is mounted as > > read-only. Can somebody tell me how I can mount the drive > and correct > > the typo? > > > > I tried running a "fixit" session from the live filesystem > on CD 2 of > > the distribution set,but it won't let me run the mount command. > > > > Help please !! > > > > thanks in advance, > > Len Huppe > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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