Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 01:06:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: satnam <bsatnam@direct.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't logon to system anymore Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980603010504.22038a-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3574F362.A95D6F69@direct.ca>
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On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, satnam wrote: > Hi > > Some guy told me to issue the following command to automatically mount > the devices on my computer running FreeBSD 2.2.2 "MAKEDEV all" and now > when I rebooted the computer, I get the following messages: Whoever told you that was a nut; makedev all has been broken for ages. > I'm not quite sure what happened; I can't logon as a user anymore. > > > Would somebody be kind enough tell provide me with insight as what might > have happened and how I can fixit. 1. Boot single user. (type -s at the boot: prompt) 2. At the # prompt type `mount -u /' 3. cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV wd0s1; ./MAKEDEV wd0s2; (repeat for wd0s3 and s4) 4. `mount -a' 5. `exit' Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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