Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:15:43 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Dru <dlavigne6@sympatico.ca>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: single-user mode Message-ID: <200312041315.43297.kstewart@owt.com> In-Reply-To: <20031204113816.J598@genisis> References: <20031204113816.J598@genisis>
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On Thursday 04 December 2003 08:41 am, Dru wrote: > It's been a while since I've had to enter single-user mode and I've just > discovered that "boot -s" doesn't work at the "boot" prompt on 5.1-RELEASE. > (however, it does work nicely if I interrupt loader at the next boot > stage). > > In fact, I can't get *anything* to work at the "boot" prompt, or even > leave that prompt without doing a CTRL ALT DEL. Am I missing something, or > is the "boot" prompt defunct on 5.x? > > No, but you have to wait for the spinner (|/-\ and etc) before you press the space bar. I just tried it as I updated to the latest 5.2-beta. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html
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