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From: bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells)
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Subject: Re: Boot Problems
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In article <Pine.BSF.3.91.971109194427.253N-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>,
Daniel O'Callaghan <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> wrote:
: 1. ctrl-alt-delete
: 2. At boot prompt enter '-s' for 'single user mode'
: 3. At 'Shell prompt' hit <enter> or type "/bin/csh"
: 4. mount /   (mounts / read-write)
: 5. mount /usr  (gives you /usr/* so you can use vi and shared libs)

*ALWAYS* fsck a file system before mounting it.

Also, depending on configuration, you may need to mount /var, to
get /var/tmp.

: 6. Make your fixes (e.g. vipw, passwd, vi /etc/rc.conf)
: 7. <ctrl-D>  - system continues booting.

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