From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 10 17:15: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.nwlink.com (smtp.nwlink.com [209.20.130.57]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD6B5153B4 for ; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 17:14:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rjoseph@nwlink.com) Received: from nwlink.com (ip117.r6.d.bel.nwlink.com [207.202.173.117]) by smtp.nwlink.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA19721; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 17:14:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <387A833E.C27B54C@nwlink.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 17:11:26 -0800 From: R Joseph Wright X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Allen Cleveland Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: single user mode? References: <3.0.5.32.20000110173243.0081e290@mindsieve.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Allen Cleveland wrote: > > Hi folks- > > I just upgraded 3.3-r to 3.4-r via a snapshot that was placed on a cdrom. > The upgrade seemed to go well, as I didn't get any errors. As it asked at > the end, I rebooted. Now I see the kernel name has changed to 'Amnesiac' > and it doesn't like roots passwd. So I tried starting in single user mode > by rebooting and typing in: boot -s . For some reason it still wants a > login/passwd. I thought single user mode was login/passwd -less. > > It now seems I can't get logged into the box :( . Ideas? Do you have rescue floppies? If so, boot from them, then do "/sbin/mount /dev/name_of_root_device /mnt". Then, "cd /mnt". From there, you can use the command "passwd" to change root's password. Try that. > -- > Allen Cleveland allenc@mindsieve.com > There is no try. Do, or do not do, but no try. -Yoda > Hate spam? Try SpamCop: http://spamcop.net/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Best Regards, Joseph You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. Colette. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message