From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 5 02:14:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5152A16A566 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 02:14:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mbsd@pacbell.net) Received: from ylpvm15.prodigy.net (ylpvm15-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D207C43D45 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2006 02:14:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mbsd@pacbell.net) Received: from pimout5-ext.prodigy.net (pimout5-int.prodigy.net [207.115.4.21]) by ylpvm15.prodigy.net (8.12.10 outbound/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k552EUEq005274 for ; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 22:14:30 -0400 X-ORBL: [71.139.19.160] DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=sbc01; d=pacbell.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=date:from:x-x-sender:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id: references:mime-version:content-type; b=EdUo6WMsFfI+32WiYbXPl4tGMCJgi1dlWeXX3s0vSAOlfPN1f/iw1sIlZSHWBA42p 8RKlBdym6cWT1KeMaTUgw== Received: from spirou.home (ppp-71-139-19-160.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [71.139.19.160]) by pimout5-ext.prodigy.net (8.13.6 out.dk/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k552EJdx169064; Sun, 4 Jun 2006 22:14:20 -0400 Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 19:14:20 -0700 (PDT) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= X-X-Sender: mikko@spirou.home To: Lawrence Horvath In-Reply-To: <1E4DD202-1F40-4C94-9CE5-B5763D172947@u.washington.edu> Message-ID: <20060604191052.Q99735@spirou.home> References: <1E4DD202-1F40-4C94-9CE5-B5763D172947@u.washington.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: forcing boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 02:14:23 -0000 > On Jun 4, 2006, at 2:40 PM, Lawrence Horvath wrote: > > How can i force normal boot up even if the filesystem was uncleanly > dismounted, > i have a box that it looks like the HD is failing, but i still need > some of the info off it, so i would like to get it to boot normally > anyway so i can sftp/scp the files off it then i can replace the HD, > but it refuses boot anything but single user mode. In single user mode /etc/netstart should bring up the network. If you have data on partitions other than the root, you can manually mount them read-only. $.02, /Mikko