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Date:      Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:50:01 +0000
From:      "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com>
To:        Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>
Cc:        Joe <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: enter single user mode from boot menu
Message-ID:  <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201F2B76A@ltcfiswmsgmb21>
In-Reply-To: <CAHu1Y71TUwQ5M8K7qi8h5THZ6tb3gJdfX3cVdpWS1A8Wrw2fiA@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <517DA65E.8050706@a1poweruser.com> <20130429010414.3227b624.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAHu1Y71TUwQ5M8K7qi8h5THZ6tb3gJdfX3cVdpWS1A8Wrw2fiA@mail.gmail.com>

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On Apr 28, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Michael Sierchio wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote:
>=20
>=20
>>=20
>> After the BTX loader has started, keep hammering the space
>> bar. :-)
>>=20
>> At some point, you'll see the
>>=20
>>        Ok
>>        _
>>=20
>> prompt. This is where you enter the command
>>=20
>>        boot -s
>>=20
>> to go into single-user mode. The kernel will load as you would
>> expect, but no further action (rc.d startup) will be taken. Instead
>> you have to confirm the shell (/bin/sh by default) by pressing
>> enter at the
>>=20
>>        When prompted Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
>>=20
>> prompt; and then you're left at the
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>>        # _
>>=20
>> prompt, which means you're in single user mode. Type "exit" to
>> start into multi-user mode as usual.
>>=20
>>=20
> In single user mode, the root filesystem will be the only one mounted, and
> it will be mounted read-only.
>=20
> If you need to make changes (Correcting a fat-fingered edit to /etc/fstab,
> for example), you'll need to mount root rw.
>=20
> mount -u -o rw /

or

mount -u -rw /

(just thought I'd save you 2 keystrokes, nyuk nyuk)
--=20
Devin

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