Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 07:13:43 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@get-linux.org> To: Colin Watson <sb.mailinglist@lambdabroadband.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting bit-by-bit (rc.conf broken) Message-ID: <20030903141343.GD28275@webserver> In-Reply-To: <00bf01c37224$6a5a7c90$0b4e1151@blackbox> References: <00bf01c37224$6a5a7c90$0b4e1151@blackbox>
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[Format recovered] On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 03:05:22PM +0100 or thereabouts, Colin Watson wrote: > My rc.conf file appears to be broken in some way, and this is > preventing my system from booting. It boots to a heavily resticted > system, with only the / file system mounted and the statically > linked binaries available. Problem is, I can't edit my rc.conf or > remove it. Is their any way I can either selectivly execute > statements in the rc.conf during bootup (similar to the old dos > method), or a way I can force login, so I can remove the damaged > rc.conf. Yes. # fsck -p # mount -uw / # vi /etc/rc.conf # or any other editor or # mv /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.BROKEN # mount -ur / # exit or # reboot -- Josh > > Thanks > > Colin. > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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