From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 1 22:56:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA21313 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 22:56:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zero.alphawest.com.au (dns.alphawest.com.au [203.14.124.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA21210 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 22:55:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stephenc@ios.alphawest.com.au) Received: (from smap@localhost) by zero.alphawest.com.au (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA13393; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 13:51:19 +0800 Received: from parang(203.14.124.50) by zero via smap (V2.0p2) id xma013391; Tue, 2 Jun 98 13:51:14 +0800 Received: from stephenc ([203.14.124.41]) by parang.alphawest.com.au (8.9.0/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA26541; Tue, 2 Jun 1998 13:45:57 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from stephenc@ios.alphawest.com.au) Message-ID: <006901bd8dea$38e690a0$297c0ecb@stephenc.alphawest.com.au> Reply-To: "Stephen Cooper" From: "Stephen Cooper" To: "Leif Neland" , "Dima Dorfman" Cc: Subject: Re: Can't stand /stand/sysinstall, give me normal boot again. Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 13:49:34 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Is the boot floppy still in the drive? -----Original Message----- From: Dima Dorfman To: Leif Neland Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 11:49 AM Subject: Re: Can't stand /stand/sysinstall, give me normal boot again. >If you've built a new kernel it should be file, unless... /stand/sysinstall >is in /etc/rc. I don't know where it would be, rc.network, rc.local? >Also, can you just get out of sysinstall by choosing "Exit Install"? Will >it restart, or get you into a shell. If the above doesn't work, start the >emergency shell, move /stand to /standd and reboot. Can you boot into >signle user mode? > >> After a crash, I couldn't boot. >> >> I fiddled around with the boot and fixit-floppies, and am now the system can >> boot again. >> However, it runs /stand/sysinstall instead of the normal startup. >> >> I can mount all disks, and start an emergency shell. I have even compiled >> and installed a new kernel, but I can't get rid of /stand/sysinstall >> >> How does fbsd know what to run after boot? Where do I change it to be back to >> normal? >> >> This is written from my router-fbsd, not my usual crashed workstation, so >> please reply to leifn@internet.dk, if the message headers tells otherwise, >> even if I think I have fixed it. >> >> Leif Neland >> leifn@internet.dk >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > >-- >Dima Dorfman (dima@zwb.net) > >"640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 >Micro$oft Sucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ > >Finger dima@zwb.net for more information. > >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