Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 18:09:58 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: "Graeme Tait" <graeme@echidna.com>, "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: <03e301bf2ca2$41cf6c20$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911101409580.28002-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <382990EE.8D74B441@echidna.com>
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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 > When you are in the boot prompt, in 2.X systems, just write "-s" and enter, and thats it, in 3.X systems, you have to write "boot -s" and thats it, you go into single user mode, it always have worked for me. Have Fun... Ales > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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