Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:25:14 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Group problems Message-ID: <4964.942243914@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 Nov 1999 14:11:51 GMT." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911101409580.28002-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 14:11:51 GMT, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > And i've had a hard time getting it to boot into single user mode as > well. I tried the -s option during boot and it seems inconsistent. At the new loader prompt, you type ``boot -s''. With the older boot prompt (FreeBSD 3.1 and earlier) you just type -s. > But the shutdown with no arguments halts the system sometimes, and > other times it goes into single user. ANy idea why? So you type shutdown and press enter and the system halts, where "halts" means that it prints out a message that it's safe to powercycle the machine? Never seen that myself. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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