From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 15 9:51:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from icarus.slightlystrange.org (icarus.slightlystrange.org [62.190.193.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4096F37B419 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 09:51:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from danielby by icarus.slightlystrange.org with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16x9hS-0002AL-00 for ; Mon, 15 Apr 2002 17:51:30 +0100 Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 17:51:29 +0100 From: Daniel Bye To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Broken rc.conf (was: URGENT!!!!!) Message-ID: <20020415165129.GD7966@icarus.slightlystrange.org> Reply-To: dan@slightlystrange.org Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020415164021.4594.qmail@web11602.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020415164021.4594.qmail@web11602.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 09:40:21AM -0700, Hector Villalvazo wrote: > > i was modifying the rc.conf file to add an ipv6 address, and accidentally i change some lines, but suddendly the machine stop, not respond. and i had to restart with the power button, not with the shutdown command, then the machine does not restart fine because it can?t read the rc.conf file. i know where the error is, but i cant modify it, can you help me??? please!!! > Boot again, but this time when you get to the "Hit return to boot immediately or any other key...", hit spacebar and type boot -s This will boot up to single user mode, and should allow you to get a root shell from where you can fix /etc/rc.conf and reboot. HTH Dan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message