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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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