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Date:      Thu, 13 Sep 2001 20:09:46 +0200
From:      Raymond Wiker <Raymond.Wiker@fast.no>
To:        nathan mace <nmace85@yahoo.com>
Cc:        Nuno Teixeira <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-newbie@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: help! i ran mergemaster and messed up /etc!
Message-ID:  <15264.63082.279430.863669@raw.grenland.fast.no>
In-Reply-To: <20010913142650.46001.qmail@web20010.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <00d801c13c4c$14e1adc0$0a00a8c0@qnuno> <20010913142650.46001.qmail@web20010.mail.yahoo.com>

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nathan mace writes:
 > 
 > --- Nuno Teixeira <nuno.mailinglists@pt-quorum.com>
 > wrote:
 > > Hi,
 > > 
 > > You should login in single user mode and then:
 > 
 > i just tried logging in for single user, it won't boot
 > single user, i tried the -s flag when it first starts
 > loading,  hit any key to get the boot:  prompt and i
 > type -s and it just goes ahead and boots single user

	Type "boot -s".

	Wait for the machine to finish booting. It should ask you
about the path to your preferred shell. Then type

	fsck -p
	mount -u /
	mount -a -t ufs

	At this point, the machine should be running single-user with
all local (ufs) filesystems mounted.

	//Raymond.

-- 
Raymond Wiker
Raymond.Wiker@fast.no


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