Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 15:55:22 -0500 From: "Matthew Koivisto" <mkoivist@nortelnetworks.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Help with bootup Message-ID: <E1A4B2CC91EBD1118A510000F80836F803ECAB8C@zwdld002.ca.nortel.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Like he said, but you have to mount your partition before you can get at the /etc/rc.conf file. (i did this one before too :) ) Matt -----Original Message----- From: Bill Moran [mailto:wmoran@iowna.com] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 3:50 PM To: Rick Knebel Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with bootup 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 [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2654.19"> <TITLE>RE: Help with bootup</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Like he said, but you have to mount your partition before you can get at the /etc/rc.conf file. (i did this one before too :) )</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Matt</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Bill Moran [<A HREF="mailto:wmoran@iowna.com">mailto:wmoran@iowna.com</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 3:50 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Rick Knebel</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: Help with bootup</FONT> </P> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Rick Knebel wrote:</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>> I was editing my /etc/rc.conf and obviously made a mistake.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> It stops on bootup and will not let me continue.</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> How can I get into my system to edit my mistake.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>While the system is booting, you'll see a message that says "Press Enter</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>to boot right away or any key for ... bla bla bla"</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>The system will then start counting down from 9. Press a key other than</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>ENTER before it reaches 0. Then you'll get a prompt, enter "boot -s"</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>which will boot the system in single-user mode (sort of like "safe" mode</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>on Windows) You'll be asked for a shell (I always accept the default)</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>then thrown into a shell prompt. From there you'll be able to repair</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>your rc.conf file and reboot the system.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>-Bill</FONT> </P> <BR> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message</FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML>
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