From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 7 18:54:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f6.law3.hotmail.com [209.185.241.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2342737B401 for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2001 18:54:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dennywhite@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 7 Jun 2001 18:54:46 -0700 Received: from 208.6.28.8 by lw3fd.law3.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 08 Jun 2001 01:54:46 GMT X-Originating-IP: [208.6.28.8] From: "Dennis White" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: booting problem after changing shell Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2001 20:54:46 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Jun 2001 01:54:46.0903 (UTC) FILETIME=[FECC4070:01C0EFBD] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ran chsh to use bash instead of csh. didn't know there were some other files i needed to change too. now, when i try to boot, i can't login in single user mode, since the system can't find the right sh to run. how can i get in to add the shell to rc.local or whatever file it is that needs to be changed? do i need to d/l the fixit floppy? thanks for any help on this i can get. i'm not a complete newbie, but definitely a real dunderhead to have waited til i came offshore for a week to mess around with system settings. denny white _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message