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Date:      Mon, 09 Sep 2002 18:39:00 -0500
From:      "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net>
To:        mingo lu <freebiebsd@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: help!!! fbsd 4.5 only boot to single user mood
Message-ID:  <3.0.5.32.20020909183900.00fbeac8@mail.sage-one.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020909232545.4352.qmail@web14804.mail.yahoo.com>

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At 04:25 PM 9.9.2002 -0700, mingo lu wrote:
>Hi, all:
>
>I was playing around rc.conf file and messed up. Now
>the system only boots to single user mode. Is anyway I
>could i boot it up on floppy or cdrom to fix the file?
>I know that one can boot with cdrom  ...
>
>tia

Just do a reboot and when bootup says "hit a key.... and countdown begins",
hit spacebar (or any other key except <enter>) and you will drop to the
console. Then, do this:

# boot -s
# mount -u /
# mount -a -t ufs

Now, you can edit & fix /etc/rc.conf and then reboot okay.....


Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
jackstone@sage-one.net

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