From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 15 14: 3:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from typhoon.mail.pipex.net (typhoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.27]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1F4E14C90 for ; Tue, 15 Feb 2000 13:49:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 6214 invoked from network); 15 Feb 2000 21:49:49 -0000 Received: from userk575.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (193.149.70.151) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 15 Feb 2000 21:49:49 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA00523; Tue, 15 Feb 2000 21:49:46 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 21:49:28 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: FreeBSD Cc: "James A. Mutter" , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Single User mode... Message-ID: <20000215214928.B326@marder-1> References: <38A9A0B5.CC9CAF40@ds.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 12:36:46PM -0800, FreeBSD wrote: > Actually I try boot:boot -s , but doesn't work either.. > > Receive the following : > > >>FreeBSD/i386 BOOT > Default: 0:wd(0,a)/boot/loader > boot:boot -s > No boot > At this point the kernel needs specifying. Try ``/kernel -s'' ``boot -s'' will work if you stop it at the 10 second countdown a bit later on (the kernel is loaded by then). HTH > > On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, James A. Mutter wrote: > > > FreeBSD wrote: > > > > > > Hi, I'm running a 3.3-Release box and I forgot the root pass, so I want to > > > boot in single user mode, but I used to use -s to do it but now I put -s > > > in the boot: prompt and dont do nothing... > > > > > > Can yo give me some Ideas on how to do it with this version ? > > > > > > boot -s > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? -Poster at LinuxWorld 2000 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message