From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 1 20:21:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA21925 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 20:21:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nwalme.pair.com (nwalme.pair.com [209.68.1.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA21884 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 20:21:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dima@nwalme.pair.com) Received: (from dima@localhost) by nwalme.pair.com (8.9.0/8.6.12) id XAA17374; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 23:21:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199806020321.XAA17374@nwalme.pair.com> X-Envelope-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't stand /stand/sysinstall, give me normal boot again. To: leifn@internet.dk (Leif Neland) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 23:21:06 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199806012243.WAA00284@arnold.swimsuit.internet.dk> from Leif Neland at "Jun 1, 98 10:43:05 pm" From: Dima Dorfman X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If you've built a new kernel it should be file, unless... /stand/sysinstall is in /etc/rc. I don't know where it would be, rc.network, rc.local? Also, can you just get out of sysinstall by choosing "Exit Install"? Will it restart, or get you into a shell. If the above doesn't work, start the emergency shell, move /stand to /standd and reboot. Can you boot into signle user mode? > After a crash, I couldn't boot. > > I fiddled around with the boot and fixit-floppies, and am now the system can > boot again. > However, it runs /stand/sysinstall instead of the normal startup. > > I can mount all disks, and start an emergency shell. I have even compiled > and installed a new kernel, but I can't get rid of /stand/sysinstall > > How does fbsd know what to run after boot? Where do I change it to be back to > normal? > > This is written from my router-fbsd, not my usual crashed workstation, so > please reply to leifn@internet.dk, if the message headers tells otherwise, > even if I think I have fixed it. > > Leif Neland > leifn@internet.dk > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Dima Dorfman (dima@zwb.net) "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 Micro$oft Sucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ Finger dima@zwb.net for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message