Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:45:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What do Boot -s and Fixit do? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9809211542350.11562-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199809200250.WAA25094@federation.addy.com>
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On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, Francisco Reyes wrote: > Had some problems with fstab (a typo <G>). The system would not come up. > > I went back and forth between trying to boot -s and booting fixit from the > CD. You too? I did this moving the system between disks a while ago. You have to remember to keep fstab absolutely correct or things get dicey. > The one thing that confused me most was that single user bootup doesn't > have /sbin in the path so when I typed mount it couldn't find the > command. Shouldn't /sbin be on the path for single user bootup? Nothing's in the path, AFAIK; you're dropped into a raw shell. 'set path=(/bin /sbin /stand)' should get you started. > I was totally confused when trying to use the fixit CD. How can one mount > when booting from fixit? It was looking for fstab, but there is no way to > change it since the CD is read only. 1. Boot CD 1 or the install floppy. 2. Select 'fixit'. 3. Select 'CDROM'. 4. Stick CD 2 in. 5. Hit <ENTER>. 6. Find all the joyous tools you need under /dist. > Is there a flag one could send the kernel to prompt before mounting each > volume in fstab? Not that I know of. You can use 'noauto' to not mount them on boot up. > I never have enough time to read the initial kernel help screen. Is > there anything one can press so it doesn't continue automatically and waits > for input? I don't know what you're referring to. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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