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From: "Chad Albert" <chadalbert@home.com>
To: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@owt.com>
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Subject: Re: syntax error in rc.conf
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 23:16:55 -0600
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Thank you all! This worked for me.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@owt.com>
To: "Chad Albert" <chadalbert@home.com>
Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: syntax error in rc.conf


>
>
> Chad Albert wrote:
>
> > I added a line to my rc.conf and like the idiot I am, I missed a quote.
> > Now when I boot I get an error about an unterminated quoted string and
> > the filesystem mounts read-only.  How can I get my file to an editable
> > state?
>
>
> You can normally "mount -a", edit the file, and exit or reboot.
>
> Kent
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