Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 10:59:01 -0600 From: "Jim Gansle" <jgansle@gvtc.com> To: "Free BSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Can't get to boot prompt Message-ID: <000201c196d6$06f6f460$c6a5b1d8@gvtc>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C196A1.261B29E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I made a couple errors in editing the rc.confg file, and as a result the = boot process doesn't get me to the login prompt. It stops and asks me = for the full pathname of the shell or to press RETURN for /bin/sh. I = haven't been able to determine what the "full pathname" is, and couldn't = get anywhere in /bin/sh. Can anyone help this Windows-indoctrinated newbie get back to working = with FBSD? With thanks in advance. Jim Gansle ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C196A1.261B29E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dwindows-1252"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2712.300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4>I made a couple errors in editing the = rc.confg=20 file, and as a result the boot process doesn't get me to the login = prompt. It=20 stops and asks me for the full pathname of the shell or to press RETURN = for=20 /bin/sh. I haven't been able to determine what the "full pathname" is, = and=20 couldn't get anywhere in /bin/sh.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4>Can anyone help this = Windows-indoctrinated newbie=20 get back to working with FBSD? With thanks in advance.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D4>Jim Gansle</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C196A1.261B29E0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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