From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 25 13:25:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (mta02-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77C6F37B42C; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 13:25:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.84.80]) by mta07-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000825191508.GSAO295.mta07-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 20:15:08 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA02772; Fri, 25 Aug 2000 20:14:54 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 20:14:43 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Jean Tran Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: single user mode Message-ID: <20000825201443.C254@parish> References: <4.3.2.20000825120325.00b19038@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20000825120325.00b19038@127.0.0.1>; from jeann@smartt.com on Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 12:07:14PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [moved to -questions] On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 12:07:14PM -0700, Jean Tran wrote: > Hi, > I run into a problem when trying to follow the instruction from the > handbook. I need to get into the single user mode to change a forgotten > root password. I can get into either the boot2 prompt(boot prompt) or the > multi_user mode(login prompt) when press any key(except ENTER) after the > bootstrap loader. I then tried boot -s or just -s, and none of them will > bring up the single user mode. I am not sure what I did wrong > here. Please advise. Thanx. > Hit any key (except ENTER) when you see the "twirling baton" in the top left corner of the screen and type boot /kernel -s > regards, > Jean > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message