Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:16:41 +0800 From: ke han <ke.han@redstarling.com> To: "pobox@verysmall.org" <pobox@verysmall.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server Message-ID: <7DB29E6C-AFB7-4BDE-9DDA-428A61268846@redstarling.com> In-Reply-To: <450C46A8.3080908@verysmall.org> References: <450C46A8.3080908@verysmall.org>
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On Sep 17, 2006, at 2:47 AM, pobox@verysmall.org wrote: > Hello, > > could somebody help me to understand the best way to enter into a > single user mode on a remote server. > > I need it for the moment, during rebuilding world, when I have to > reboot into single user mode before 'mergemaster -p'. I had this same issue last week... fortunately, my hosting provider had a remote KVM solution and hooked it up to my server while I got the job done. btw, that provider was m5hosting.com. I originally found them from the freebsd.org community page and have been very happy with their knowledge and support. good luck, ke han > > The only solution I found so far is to do 'shutdown -r now' and > when the server boots to login with ssh and do 'shutdown now' - > which should drop it to single user mode. > > I can ask the support at the hosting location to reboot in single > user mode, but I do not know if I will have ssh then? > > Alternatively I can ask them to do the last few steps. > > Thank you for your advises, > Iv. > > -- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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