Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:36:14 -0500 From: Graeme Tait <graeme@echidna.com> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Group problems Message-ID: <382990EE.8D74B441@echidna.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911101409580.28002-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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I've had occasional troubles with selecting single user mode at boot time too (2.2.7S). I forget the exact details of how it would behave, but entering the full boot command always seems to work, in the form 0:sd(0,a)kernel -s or whatever, according to your configuration. You will notice the boot screen has near the top a line labelled "default" or something like that, followed by a command string - this string seems to get messed up if you initially make a mistake typing at the boot prompt and try again. Maybe that has something to do with the problem. Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > The Complete FreeBSD says shutdown with no options will put the system > into single user mode. So far, this hasn't worked for me. And i've had a > hard time getting it to boot into single user mode as well. I tried the > -s option during boot and it seems inconsistent. But the shutdown with no > arguments halts the system sometimes, and other times it goes into single > user. ANy idea why? > > On 10 Nov 1999, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > > >shutdown has several extra features: it allows you to schedule the > >reboot for a point in the future, it writes those warnings to users' > >terminals, and it tries to get init to shut down other processes before > >it actually stops it. The last one is a good enough reason to *always* > >use shutdown in multiuser mode unless you have a good reason not to. > > > >Be well. > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -jonathon > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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