Date: 22 Oct 2002 17:19:49 +1000 From: Duncan Anker <d.anker@au.darkbluesea.com> To: Steve Warwick <ukla@attbi.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oops! rc.conf mistake Message-ID: <1035271190.7208.18.camel@duncan> In-Reply-To: <B9DA4A89.3A34%ukla@attbi.com> References: <B9DA4A89.3A34%ukla@attbi.com>
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On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 17:21, Steve Warwick wrote: > Hey all, > > I wonder if anyone can tell me how to get out of this stupid mistake. > > I edited rc.conf to add a virtual interface and left a quote off the end > (unterminated string) - now I cannot get past mounting root, so no editors. > And before you ask, no, I did not backup rc.conf... I told you it was > stupid. Boot to single user: # mount -uw / # mount /usr # vi /etc/rc.conf This assumes you have access to the console :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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