Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 20:04:53 +0200 From: Martin Schweizer <office@pc-service.ch> To: "illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Single user mode: no shell prompt Message-ID: <4CC869C5.3010805@pc-service.ch> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTima-HkTcMV4jsX1x%2B_oOk0DcExmi1rE_Kmr%2BW30@mail.gmail.com> References: <20101020075045.GA55858@saturn.pcs.ms> <AANLkTima-HkTcMV4jsX1x%2B_oOk0DcExmi1rE_Kmr%2BW30@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello Illoai Am 27.10.2010 18:14, schrieb illoai@gmail.com: > On 20 October 2010 03:50, Martin Schweizer<lists_freebsd@bluewin.ch> wrote: >> Hello >> >> If I start the server in single user mode I get never a prompt/shell (at the console). After successfully boot in single user mode I see a the last line: >> "Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/mfid0s1a". The only thing I can do is CTRL-ALT-DEL, then the system reboots as usual (with no broken file system). >> All works well in multi user mode. I have no other problems with this server. > > On at least one of my machines the USB devices do not > finish probing until after the "Enter the name of your shell > or press enter for /bin/sh" prompt, and thus it scrolls off > of the screen. Pressing enter does give me a /bin/sh in > single-user mode, however. Yeah, I now what you mean but in the mean team I found the solution. The problem was the console redirection. Why ever... Regards, -- Martin Schweizer PC-Service M. Schweizer GmbH; Bannholzstrasse 6; Postfach 132; CH-8608 Bubikon; Tel. +41 55 243 30 00; Fax: +41 55 243 33 22
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