Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 21:06:12 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: degraz@tusco.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Editing fstab when system won't boot? Message-ID: <3A1F48C4.89CE0EB3@urx.com> References: <F214HfMVur6nzO9OMHf0000465e@hotmail.com>
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Travis Troyer wrote: > > I edited my fstab file to mount a second hard drive I have. I made a > mistake, typing "/dec" instead of "/dev", now the system will not boot. I > remember having a problem like this before, and somehow I got into a mode, > even though the os wouldn't load, where I typed "edit" and it allowed me to > edit the file, and reboot.. I absolutely cannot remember, or find how I did > this. Anybody have any ideas? The last time I did this, I did a "mount /" from the console in single user mode, edited the fstab with vi and rebooted. > > Also, this is another problem I have fixed awhile ago, but forgot how :) > When I connect to telnet or the ftp server, it takes forever for the login > to come up. Before I was told to comment out a line, I beleive, that had to > do with resoliving the hostname? It might be reverse DNS where the machine you are starting the session from is not in the host's DNS table. I usually pass my /etc/hosts table around to all of the computers, since there aren't enough to justify starting named. Kent > > Any help with either problem would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > travis troyer > _____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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