Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:01:11 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman <oremanj@webserver.get-linux.org> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changed a filesystem's name -- now system hangs on reboot (help) Message-ID: <20030710170111.GE3656@webserver.get-linux.org> In-Reply-To: <3F0D112F.9010804@mac.com> References: <39020-2200374103946796@M2W035.mail2web.com> <3F0D112F.9010804@mac.com>
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On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 03:09:35AM -0400 or thereabouts, Chuck Swiger wrote: > greg@exchange.janemobley.com wrote: > [ ... ] > >I've looked through the handbook and tried (unsuccessfully) to reboot into > >single-user mode or otherwise get to a place where I can either comment out > >the line in fstab or skip the check -- no luck. > > > >Any ideas much appreciated. > > This is when you boot single-user mode off of the install CD, or the FIXIT > CD (#2) if you have that around. Then mount your hard drive's root > partition on /mnt (or make something in /tmp), and fix the problem. Completely unnecessary. Here's what you do: Booting [/kernel] in 9 seconds ... <press Space> OK boot -s ... Enter shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: <press Enter> # mount -uw / # mount /usr # my_favorite_editor /etc/fstab # umount /usr # exit -- Josh > > -- > -Chuck > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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