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Date:      Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:23:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        ETX-B-SL Martti Kuparinen <erakupa@kk.etx.ericsson.se>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: invalid password in single-user mode
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980414112226.1526M-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199804140757.JAA03069@kk662.kk.etx.ericsson.se>

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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, ETX-B-SL Martti Kuparinen wrote:

> Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Hm, time for plan C.  Make an install boot floppy and fixit floppy (or
> > CD), then boot the boot floppy and select `Fixit' from the menu.  You
> 
> Yes, I did that. But it means I have to reboot, i.e. I can't use
> "shutdown now" to go to single-user mode and then press ^D to go back
> to normal operation.
> 
> Should I write PR of this?

No, you should fix your system.

Why do you need to drop to single user so much?  I haven't done it in a
couple of years on my workstation, and that's through two system upgrades.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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