Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 10:41:41 -0800 (PST) From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" <bkogawa@primenet.com> To: Bill Beavers <bbeavers@Moonraker.afsc.k12.ar.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: blown install Message-ID: <199711051841.KAA09626@foo.primenet.com> References: <8787499860022260000> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971104165735.246A-100000@kevin.sunshine.net>
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>On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Bill Beavers wrote: >> Is this whole upgrade hosed? Do I have to start over with a new install >> and trash all my previous files and setups? In general, no. I'm guessing you need a manual /etc upgrade. Someone mentioned where the old /etc files go -- you can look there. >> Or is there some magic that can get me in so that I can login as root and >> get my /etc/group file fixed back up? at the boot prompt (the one where you enter -c or -v to config), enter -s to boot single user. Choose your shell, then mount your / and /usr file systems read write (this is important). Edit the appropriate files, then quit the shell to go back to multiuser mode. -- bryan k ogawa <bkogawa@primenet.com> http://www.primenet.com/~bkogawa/
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