Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 15:50:21 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> To: Rick Knebel <rknebel@uplink.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with bootup Message-ID: <3AA3FC0D.4364A878@iowna.com> References: <p05001900b6c9a925138d@[192.168.1.2]>
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Rick Knebel wrote: > I was editing my /etc/rc.conf and obviously made a mistake. > It stops on bootup and will not let me continue. > How can I get into my system to edit my mistake. While the system is booting, you'll see a message that says "Press Enter to boot right away or any key for ... bla bla bla" The system will then start counting down from 9. Press a key other than ENTER before it reaches 0. Then you'll get a prompt, enter "boot -s" which will boot the system in single-user mode (sort of like "safe" mode on Windows) You'll be asked for a shell (I always accept the default) then thrown into a shell prompt. From there you'll be able to repair your rc.conf file and reboot the system. -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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