From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jun 7 18:57:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f101.law3.hotmail.com [209.185.241.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6490A37B406 for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2001 18:57:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dennywhite@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 7 Jun 2001 18:57:30 -0700 Received: from 161.26.20.8 by lw3fd.law3.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 08 Jun 2001 01:57:30 GMT X-Originating-IP: [161.26.20.8] From: "Dennis White" To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: booting problem after changing shell Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 20:57:30 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jun 2001 01:57:30.0304 (UTC) FILETIME=[60314400:01C0EFBE] Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ran chsh to use bash instead of csh. didn't know there were some other files i needed to change too. now, when i try to boot, i can't login in single user mode, since the system can't find the right sh to run. how can i get in to add the shell to rc.local or whatever file it is that needs to be changed? do i need to d/l the fixit floppy? thanks for any help on this i can get. i'm not a complete newbie, but definitely a real dunderhead to have waited til i came offshore for a week to mess around with system settings. denny white _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message