From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 31 13:23:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tyr.internal (node-d8e93fd2.powerinter.net [216.233.63.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 690E337B4E5 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:23:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 16868 invoked from network); 31 Oct 2000 21:25:58 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO dynamictrade.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 31 Oct 2000 21:25:58 -0000 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 15:25:57 -0600 (CST) From: jmelesky@dynamictrade.com Reply-To: jmelesky@dynamictrade.com Subject: Re: bypassing rc.conf To: per.tore.larsen@fernonorden.com Cc: tony@tntpro.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <25879E6A7E74D411B9370050043B7F3E1E13@fernonorden.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: <20001031212323.690E337B4E5@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG from http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/boot-init.html 5.5.2. Single-User Mode This mode can be reached through the automatic reboot sequence, or by the user booting with -s or setting the boot_single variable in loader. It can also be reached by calling shutdown without the reboot (-r) or halt (-h) options, from multi-user mode. If the system console console is set to insecure in /etc/ttys, then the system prompts for the root password before initiating single-user mode. "the user booting with -s" means: During the boot process, when it says "Hit [enter] to boot immediately, or any other key to...", you hit some key other than enter. Then, at the prompt, type "boot -s". It should boot into single-user mode. Mount / (or wherever /etc is) in read-write mode and fix rc.conf. -johnnnnnn > Tnx. > Still learning how to get this Freebsd to do what I want, which I might add > is as easy as getting a beer when you are 14. > >> I would recomend booting into single user mode, mounting the drive, and >> fixing the rc.conf To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message