From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 17 08:38:44 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6972D1065673 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:38:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (tunnel490.ipv6.xs4all.nl [IPv6:2001:888:10:1ea::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1C918FC13 for ; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:38:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7H8ccew049333 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:38:38 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p7H8caGY049332; Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:38:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:38:36 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot To: Bernt Hansson Message-ID: <20110817083836.GA48555@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , Bernt Hansson , Gerald Stoller , FreeBSD Questions References: <2309807.889736.1313457687722.JavaMail.gsstoller@mail.srv.nantny1.cv.net> <4E4A8813.1050900@bananmonarki.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E4A8813.1050900@bananmonarki.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on ei.bzerk.org X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (ei.bzerk.org [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:38:42 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Gerald Stoller , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: single user login 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: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 08:38:44 -0000 On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 05:09:07PM +0200, Bernt Hansson typed: > 2011-08-16 03:21, Gerald Stoller skrev: > >I booted up my FreeBSD system and it never presented me with a "Boot: > >" prompt. > >Maybe that is because my system is old (remember I haven't used it for > >years), > >its version # is 4.3 or 4.7 (I have 2 versions on my hard disk). My > >system > >went through a bunch of boot/recovery/initialization steps and then went > >to the > > login: prompt. When I tried to interrupt it, I got to a primitive > >system that > >used an ok prompt, and "help" tells you all (I believe) the commands > >that it > >accepts and can perform. > > Restart the machine and wait for the boot loader menu. > Then choose "boot freebsd in single user mode" I don't recall there was a boot loader menu in FreeBSD 4.x Just interupt boot by pressing a key, giving you the OK prompt. Then boot -s to go to single user mode (if that's what you want) -- Ruben