Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 03:06:48 +0200 From: Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, William <wbenson987@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: stuck in single-user mode Message-ID: <200405040307.03592.4711@chello.at> In-Reply-To: <20581387.1083630364197.JavaMail.root@kermit.psp.pas.earthlink.net> References: <20581387.1083630364197.JavaMail.root@kermit.psp.pas.earthlink.net>
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--Boundary-02=_3yulAsbxke2BhxK Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 04 May 2004 02:26, William wrote: > hi, i'm more or less a newbie to BSD administration. anyway, i forgot to > close a quote on one of the lines in /etc/rc.conf. now the server on boots > into single-user mode. problem is it won't let me edit the file so i can > fix it. it goes into "read-only" mode. even if i could write to the file i > can't seem to find vi or any other editor for that matter. any ideas on h= ow > i can get back into multi-user mode. all help is much appreciated. i'm > running 4.4 current on an pentium III box. > > thanks in advance > > William Benson when your systems has booted into single user mode, hit <CR> when promted f= or=20 a shell. then enter the following commands:=20 =20 # adjkerntz -i # swapon -a # fsck -p # mount -u /=20 # mount -a -t ufs # ee /etc/rc.conf (or # vi /etc/rc.conf) # reboot regards ch > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --Boundary-02=_3yulAsbxke2BhxK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAluy3cyi/EZQbawsRAhBUAJ96MNhsiC9GZWm1VTMV8zNFdexgegCfcf44 QNpM89A5MdkqpoP8ediEmLU= =xoZ2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_3yulAsbxke2BhxK--
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