From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 17 00:16:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C18716A403 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:16:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ke.han@redstarling.com) Received: from smtp102.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp102.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.200.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BAF3C43D58 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:16:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ke.han@redstarling.com) Received: (qmail 81244 invoked from network); 17 Sep 2006 00:16:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.20?) (ke.han@redstarling.com@218.79.215.253 with plain) by smtp102.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 17 Sep 2006 00:16:45 -0000 In-Reply-To: <450C46A8.3080908@verysmall.org> References: <450C46A8.3080908@verysmall.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <7DB29E6C-AFB7-4BDE-9DDA-428A61268846@redstarling.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: ke han Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:16:41 +0800 To: "pobox@verysmall.org" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:16:47 -0000 On Sep 17, 2006, at 2:47 AM, pobox@verysmall.org wrote: > Hello, > > could somebody help me to understand the best way to enter into a > single user mode on a remote server. > > I need it for the moment, during rebuilding world, when I have to > reboot into single user mode before 'mergemaster -p'. I had this same issue last week... fortunately, my hosting provider had a remote KVM solution and hooked it up to my server while I got the job done. btw, that provider was m5hosting.com. I originally found them from the freebsd.org community page and have been very happy with their knowledge and support. good luck, ke han > > The only solution I found so far is to do 'shutdown -r now' and > when the server boots to login with ssh and do 'shutdown now' - > which should drop it to single user mode. > > I can ask the support at the hosting location to reboot in single > user mode, but I do not know if I will have ssh then? > > Alternatively I can ask them to do the last few steps. > > Thank you for your advises, > Iv. > > -- > _______________________________________________ > 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"