Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:22:54 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Dan <longterm@chatusa.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rc.conf.local error nn7j Message-ID: <20040419162253.GA51066@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <00c101c42629$a580c1d0$ca89ded1@dannewxp> References: <00c101c42629$a580c1d0$ca89ded1@dannewxp>
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On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 06:08:22AM -0000, Dan wrote:
> I made an error in the rc.conf.conf file used ;# for rem statement. It hang on that statement at boot. Also can't find shell get error message to use /bin/sh hit return. I can't vi the rc.conf.local file vi is not there.
>
Right -- you've rebooted, and your system can't come up properly, so
is dumping you into single user mode.
The fix is pretty simple though. Hit return to get a shell prompt.
Now type:
# fsck -p
# mount -a
then edit the rc.conf file:
# vi /etc/rc.conf
and finally:
# reboot
Cheers,
Matthew
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