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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Malisa Chiappero wrote:

>        The bootdisk option -s (single user access) don4t give me a micro
> promt for mount my file system. I don4t want change the configuration or
> reintall the software or fix the file system but I find this option in the
> boot disk and in the documentation I don4t  find the information that I need
> now.

It should.  Don't use a boot disk, boot your system normally but instead
of hitting <enter> to start the process, add -s and hit <enter>.  YOu
should be asked for a shell or press return for sh; hit <enter> and you'll
get the # you're looking for.

Why do you need to use this?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major