Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 12:30:48 +0100 From: Thomas Widlundh <tw@ettnet.se> To: Pascal Giannakakis <CapM@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Login failure Message-ID: <200302071230.48052.tw@ettnet.se> In-Reply-To: <28988.1044608357@www17.gmx.net> References: <200302070946.26153.tw@ettnet.se> <28988.1044608357@www17.gmx.net>
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fredag 07 februari 2003 09:59 skrev du: > I am not sure, but i think "mount /dev/adXsY /" will mount the drive R/= W, > so that you > can edit /etc/fstab (test with "mount" if it is mounted). Also you coul= d > use the > Live-CD-ROM (disk 2) with the Fixit-Console, then do fsck and/or "mount > /dev/adXsY > /mnt". You do have the 2nd disk, don't you? ;) Hi Pascal, Thanks very much. That did it! mount /dev/ad0s1a and I could read and write the fstab. Then I typed exit and the machine started up instantly. The only problem I experienced was that my swedish keyboard never was loa= ded, so I had to experiment a little to find out where / : and so on were. The= se=20 are commands in vi. Thanks, Thomas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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