From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 27 18:21:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29F9B1065674 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:21:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from office@pc-service.ch) Received: from mail1.hostpark.net (mail6.hostpark.net [212.243.197.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D61FD8FC19 for ; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:21:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail1.hostpark.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 124F3176DF; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:04:46 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by Hostpark/NetZone Mailprotection at hostpark.net Received: from mail1.hostpark.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail6.hostpark.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10124) with ESMTP id elI0hxp7-glI; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:04:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.2.20] (178.84.202.62.cust.bluewin.ch [62.202.84.178]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail1.hostpark.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C7B42176DB; Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:04:45 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4CC869C5.3010805@pc-service.ch> Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:04:53 +0200 From: Martin Schweizer Organization: PC-Service M. Schweizer GmbH User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.2.11) Gecko/20101013 Thunderbird/3.1.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "illoai@gmail.com" References: <20101020075045.GA55858@saturn.pcs.ms> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Single user mode: no shell prompt 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: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:21:05 -0000 Hello Illoai Am 27.10.2010 18:14, schrieb illoai@gmail.com: > On 20 October 2010 03:50, Martin Schweizer wrote: >> Hello >> >> If I start the server in single user mode I get never a prompt/shell (at the console). After successfully boot in single user mode I see a the last line: >> "Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/mfid0s1a". The only thing I can do is CTRL-ALT-DEL, then the system reboots as usual (with no broken file system). >> All works well in multi user mode. I have no other problems with this server. > > On at least one of my machines the USB devices do not > finish probing until after the "Enter the name of your shell > or press enter for /bin/sh" prompt, and thus it scrolls off > of the screen. Pressing enter does give me a /bin/sh in > single-user mode, however. Yeah, I now what you mean but in the mean team I found the solution. The problem was the console redirection. Why ever... Regards, -- Martin Schweizer PC-Service M. Schweizer GmbH; Bannholzstrasse 6; Postfach 132; CH-8608 Bubikon; Tel. +41 55 243 30 00; Fax: +41 55 243 33 22