Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 22:53:36 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert <robert@namodn.com> To: alissa bader <molbloo@interport.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stupid stupid stupid floppy question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981221225127.24965A-100000@namodn.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.981221232321.12205A-100000@interport.net>
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Maybe I shouldn't go around suggesting all this weird stuff :) Just remember those two magic words, "Don't panic." On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, alissa bader wrote: > > It is useful to put an entry in /etc/fstab, just like the one for the CD, > > except the filesystem would be "msdos" not "cd9660". > > I tried doing this and rebooting. Did you make sure the entry is "noauto" ? > > Now apparently my computer thinks there should be a bootable, mountable > file on the floppy upon startup. Because I can't get my machine to go > through the startup process. It goes down the list of devices and then > simply hangs, and asks for the name of the complete shell. > > How do I edit the /etc/fstab file when my machine won't let me login? Ok, Do a -s to get into single user mode at the FreeBSD boot prompt. > it will let me login as root when I typed "login root" at the #prompt. > But the terminal type is set at "su" and I've found that vi and ee can't > recognize that. Also typing "setenv vt100" does not work. > -rob ( www.namodn.com ) ( robert@namodn.com ) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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