Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:51:01 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Didier Rwitura <drwitura@primus.ca> Subject: Re: Can't reboot into single mode Message-ID: <200509111951.12934.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20050911091346.GB18267@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0509102311260.10553-100000@staffshell.primus.ca> <20050911091346.GB18267@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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--nextPart10431113.0EkCfh9OyY Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 11 September 2005 18:43, Roland Smith wrote: > > init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv0 > > > > init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv1 > > > > init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv2 > > > > init: can't exec getty '/usr/libexec/getty' for port /dev/ttyv3 > > > > and the system hangs > > Which begs the questions: > - does /usr/libexec/getty exist? > - is it executable? > - is /usr mounted in single user mode? The real question is.. If this is single user mode, why is it trying to run getty? My guess is that, in fact, he isn't really booting into single user mode.. Try breaking into the loader (ie press space at the count down) then type=20 'boot -s'. =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart10431113.0EkCfh9OyY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDJAUY5ZPcIHs/zowRAioWAJ9LdDdUk5HNzoATq01lpGVCjMd0VgCeJqWj ZoImz3wLBDxkQDDJFcBC7tU= =ornt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart10431113.0EkCfh9OyY--
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