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From: Chris Dempsey <chrisdempsey@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Won't Boot
To: "Dennis C. Prather" <dennis@productivity.org>
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These didn't work as in you could not edit the rc.conf
file?  ee should be installed in the base system and
is the boot -s editor.  Speaking of, try booting
single user, using <spacebar>, boot -s when it says
press enter to continue booting kernel.  You can then
remount the / and /usr filesystems to use vi or ee.  

The unterminated quote string error may or may not be
on line 23.  Look for settings that do not end with a
quotation mark, or do not require a quotation mark.

--- "Dennis C. Prather" <dennis@productivity.org>
wrote:
> Nope neither of those suggestions worked.
> 
> 
> At 11:20 AM 10/10/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >When the rc.conf file is interrupted, the other
> >filesystems may not be mounted.  Try using ee
> >(/bin/ee) or fsck/mount /usr first.
> >
> >--- "Dennis C. Prather" <dennis@productivity.org>
> >wrote:
> > > I have been trying to make this box into a
> firewall.
> > > I made a bunch of
> > > changes and now when reboot I get this massege.
> > > /etc/rc.conf: 23: Syntex error: Unterminated
> quoted
> > > string
> > > Enter full path of shell or return  for /bin/sh:
> > > When I hit return I get the # sign but when I
> try to
> > > edit /etc/rc.conf with
> > > vi I get this message.
> > > vi: Not found
> > >
> > > Would someone please help?
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> > > Dennis Prather
> > > Systems Administrator
> > > dennis@productivity.org
> > > <http://www.guntherconst.net/>Gunther
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