Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:46:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Gerald Stoller <gsstoller@optonline.net> To: questions FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, mail25@bzerk.org Subject: Re: single user login Message-ID: <4510744.2984306.1313660808301.JavaMail.gsstoller@mail.srv.nantny1.cv.net>
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I tried 2 of the suggested solutions, first the one that said when I get the "#" prompt I should type in "boot -s" and the second that when I get to the "ok" prompt I should type in "boot -s". With the first I got the response "boot: permission denied", and with the second I go to the the regular boot sequence ending in "press enter to go to ..." and going to the regular login (although not getting there because a variable [I introduced] is used but not set). I'm thinking of getting a boot floppy or CDROM (I'll look to see if I already have one) and getting in that way. I remember creating a copy of ksh that is owned by root for emergency stuff, I'll try to get to it. Where is find ? Is it in /bin ? On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:38 AM, Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 05:09:07PM +0200, Bernt Hansson typed: >> 2011-08-16 03:21, Gerald Stoller skrev: >>> I booted up my FreeBSD system and it never presented me with a >>> "Boot: >>> " prompt. >>> Maybe that is because my system is old (remember I haven't used it >>> for >>> years), >>> its version # is 4.3 or 4.7 (I have 2 versions on my hard disk). >>> My >>> system >>> went through a bunch of boot/recovery/initialization steps and then >>> went >>> to the >>> login: prompt. When I tried to interrupt it, I got to a >>> primitive >>> system that >>> used an ok prompt, and "help" tells you all (I believe) the >>> commands >>> that it >>> accepts and can perform. >> >> Restart the machine and wait for the boot loader menu. >> Then choose "boot freebsd in single user mode" > > I don't recall there was a boot loader menu in FreeBSD 4.x > Just interupt boot by pressing a key, giving you the OK prompt. Then > boot -s > to go to single user mode (if that's what you want) > > -- > Ruben
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