Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 15:49:19 -0500 From: Rick Knebel <rknebel@uplink.net> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help with bootup Message-ID: <p05001902b6c9ac16c44c@[209.173.121.47]> In-Reply-To: <3AA3FC0D.4364A878@iowna.com> References: <p05001900b6c9a925138d@[192.168.1.2]> <3AA3FC0D.4364A878@iowna.com>
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>Rick Knebel wrote: > >> I was editing my /etc/rc.conf and obviously made a mistake. >> It stops on bootup and will not let me continue. >> How can I get into my system to edit my mistake. > >While the system is booting, you'll see a message that says "Press Enter >to boot right away or any key for ... bla bla bla" >The system will then start counting down from 9. Press a key other than >ENTER before it reaches 0. Then you'll get a prompt, enter "boot -s" >which will boot the system in single-user mode (sort of like "safe" mode >on Windows) You'll be asked for a shell (I always accept the default) >then thrown into a shell prompt. From there you'll be able to repair >your rc.conf file and reboot the system. > >-Bill > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Thanks. Now when I get to the prompt and type jpico which is the editor I use it says not found -- Rick Knebel rknebel@uplink.net http://members.tripod.com/~Rick_Knebel/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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