Date: 14 Aug 1999 14:18:33 -0500 From: Don Croyle <croyle@gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us> To: Parker Brown <phbrown@gte.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cannot Boot Up Into Single-User Mode Message-ID: <86emh6qigm.fsf@emerson.gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us> In-Reply-To: Parker Brown's message of "Sat, 14 Aug 1999 11:02:56 -0700" References: <37B5AF4F.8F36761@gte.net>
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Parker Brown <phbrown@gte.net> writes: > I've tried using -s at every available part of the booting process, > but that just doesn't seem to be an option. > It DID come up in single user mode, though, when I screwed up my > /etc/fstab file, but I don't seem to be able to selectively do so. > Seems that I would HAVE to boot up single user if root's password goes > astray (a la, an entry in the FAQ file) > Did I leave something out of the kernel when I rebuilt it? See the loader(8) man page. What you have to do is catch the loader while it's counting down to an automatic boot and use the commands set boot_single boot -- I've always wanted to be a dilettante, but I've never quite been ready to make the commitment. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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