Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 16:13:41 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Duke Normandin" <01031149@3web.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: cant boot Message-ID: <00c001bf48db$f9a15200$d2630a0a@megared.net.mx> References: <000d01bf48e2$8d360640$a39ac5d1@webserver>
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Hi Duke,
Yes, you can boot with the install floppies, and then use the fixit
floppy (fixit.flp) to have a shell (there is an option in the sysinstall
menu to use the fixit floppy), then munt your / partition in /mnt, and
change the file "/etc/rc.conf" as you need.
P.S. I may suggest to always copy to the list, because there are a lot of
people with better ways of doing things, and also a lot of people that are
learning from others questions.
Greetings
Ales
----- Original Message -----
From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net>
To: Alejandro Ramirez <ales@megared.net.mx>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: cant boot
> From: Alejandro Ramirez <ales@megared.net.mx>
> To: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net>
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Date: Friday, December 17, 1999 9:31 AM
>
> | Ok, lets try something, first of all I have checked the right
> way of
> |doing it, the syntaxes of the line its "set root_disk_unit=2"
> without the
> |quotes, then write "boot".
> |
> | And for using a boot floppy to boot the system, you will have to
> try the
> |following (because I cant test it right now), first create the
> 3.3Release
> |kern.flp boot floppy ( "c:\fdimage -v kern.flp a:" ), then boot your
> FBSD
> |server (like always), and mount the disk in it "mount /dev/fd0
> /floppy" then
> |"cd /floppy/boot", and edit the loader.rc file "vi loader.rc", and
> try just
> |this two lines in your file:
> |
> |set root_disk_unit=2
> |autoboot 5
> |
> |Then, just unmount your disk and try it, it should work (I have
> never done
> |it), you can play around this if this doesnt work.
>
>
> Thanks for your kind reply! I haven't tried your suggestions yet,
> because I shot my foot off in rc.conf last night. I added to rc.conf:
>
> allscreens_flag="VGA_80x30 <--- but I left out the trailing "
>
> So when i booted earlier today, I got a coding error message and a
> prompt to either type in the full path of the shell or ENTER for
> /bin/sh. Only problem is, the fs is read-only. I can't even change
> permissions on rc.conf to correct the error. Is there anything that I
> can do, short of re-installing? Many thanks for taking the time to
> help this newbie!!
>
> later....duke
>
>
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