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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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