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From: Parv <parv@pair.com>
To: Vincent Chen <vctw@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: can't get a shell while choosing single user mode
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in message <20060404192055.50761.qmail@web35804.mail.mud.yahoo.com>,
wrote Vincent Chen thusly...
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> 
> I just upgrade my freebsd 4.11 to 6.0. While using 4.11, I used to
> enter single user mode and run fsck on all filesystem every month.
> Recently, I tried to enter single user mode under 6.0 but can't
> get a shell to do anything. What should I do to get it done?

What exactly do you type, and what is the response that you get?  Is
your PATH set?  Did you try using commands available under /rescue
(with absolute path as in /rescue/ls)?


  - Parv

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