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Date:      Sat, 12 Sep 2015 10:44:15 -0700
From:      Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com>
To:        freebsd-arm <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: single user mode freebsd11/rpi2
Message-ID:  <8A2D36BC-0BA7-46C8-B4E8-1655A54A3509@kientzle.com>
In-Reply-To: <CB3EAA18-A7BB-42B9-AAA2-240D822E9AEF@kientzle.com>
References:  <20150912150433.GA1204@potato.growveg.org> <CB3EAA18-A7BB-42B9-AAA2-240D822E9AEF@kientzle.com>

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> On Sep 12, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> wrote:
>=20
>> How can I make it single user mode? The reason this needs to be done =
is
>> I need to move some filesystems around.
>=20
> If you have another FreeBSD machine, you can mount the SD card there =
to do major surgery like this.
>=20

Actually, you don't even need another machine; you can use your existing =
RPI2:

  * Copy the card.
  * Boot the RPI2 from the copy
  * Mount the original via any SD <-> USB adapter
  * Do your changes

As a bonus, the copy will serve as a backup in case you get something =
wrong.

Cheers,

Tim




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