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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!mimosa.astro.indiana.edu!pitts From: pitts@mimosa.astro.indiana.edu (Jim Pitts) Subject: Re: [Q] How to edit file /etc/rc.local Message-ID: <CGL90v.GDo@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: mimosa.astro.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University Astronomy Department References: <CGJz6D.A3H@oakhill.sps.mot.com> <MYCROFT.93Nov16013002@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1993 14:17:18 GMT Lines: 24 In article <MYCROFT.93Nov16013002@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu>, Charles Hannum <mycroft@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> wrote: > >In article <CGJz6D.A3H@oakhill.sps.mot.com> kbta@nhatrang (Khanh-Binh >Ta) writes: > > and rebooted, and of course "xdm" does not work yet with my setup, > the trouble is there was no console, so I'm left without unix. I've > tried to [...] > >Why don't you just type `-s' at the boot prompt to boot in single-user >mode? > Hey, this is kule. I never actually saw a summary of the things you can do at the boot prompt. I always booted off of a floppy and did a manual (and painful) repair. Could someone post a summary of what one can do at the boot prompt (or at least tell me where I can find the info)? Regards, Jim