Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 23:35:39 -0500 From: Allen Cleveland <allenc@mindsieve.com> To: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: single user mode? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000110233539.00820100@mindsieve.com> In-Reply-To: <387A833E.C27B54C@nwlink.com> References: <3.0.5.32.20000110173243.0081e290@mindsieve.com>
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At 05:11 PM 1/10/00 -0800, R Joseph Wright wrote: >Allen Cleveland wrote: >> >> Hi folks- >> >> I just upgraded 3.3-r to 3.4-r via a snapshot that was placed on a cdrom. >> The upgrade seemed to go well, as I didn't get any errors. As it asked at >> the end, I rebooted. Now I see the kernel name has changed to 'Amnesiac' >> and it doesn't like roots passwd. So I tried starting in single user mode >> by rebooting and typing in: boot -s . For some reason it still wants a >> login/passwd. I thought single user mode was login/passwd -less. >> >> It now seems I can't get logged into the box :( . Ideas? > >Do you have rescue floppies? If so, boot from them, then do >"/sbin/mount /dev/name_of_root_device /mnt". Then, "cd /mnt". From >there, you can use the command "passwd" to change root's password. Try >that. If by rescue floppies you mean the images I have in the /floppies directory of the cd I burned, then yes. However, after doing so ( and making a fixit floppy ) 'mount' shows information about the floppy, but gives me 'command not found' otherwise ( ie: with args ). Typing '/sbin/mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt' gives me 'mount: command not found' . I could install fresh from the iso I burned, but I'd rather leave that as a last resort. Any other ideas? -- Allen Cleveland allenc@mindsieve.com There is no try. Do, or do not do, but no try. -Yoda Hate spam? Try SpamCop: http://spamcop.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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