Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 15:54:29 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: Mark Ovens <markov@globalnet.co.uk> Cc: Colin Jack <colin@mainline.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Help! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990424155342.2095O-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <19990424172653.B256@marder-1>
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On Sat, 24 Apr 1999, Mark Ovens wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 05:22:19PM +0100, Colin Jack wrote:
> > I am a newbie learning to get to grips with FreeBSD and I have dropped
> > myself in it!
> >
> > I have not set the path to my shell correctly for the root (using vipw) and
> > cannot now get in. I think I need to get in as a single user and run vipw
> > again, but I am using version 3.1 and I don't get a boot: prompt to type -s
> > at!
> >
> > Is there a different method of getting in in single user mode in version
> > 3.x?
> >
>
> Read the message whilst it's counting down to the boot. Press any
> key (except space) and you get a boot prompt where you can enter
^^^^^^^^^^^^ *
> ``boot -c'' just like before.
* i think you mean "enter/return" no?
-Alfred
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