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From: pflores@phoenix.net (Paul Flores)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Single User Mode How?
Date: 8 Aug 1995 02:34:35 GMT
Organization: Phoenix Data Systems
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John Creasey (johnc@sydney.DIALix.oz.au) wrote:
: Ok I have stuffed up my FreeBSD 2.0 PC really badly.
: I need to either boot it from a floppy or get into single
: user mode.
: Can someone tell me how to get into single user mode, or
: how to make a floppy that will let me log in and mount the
: existing system. I can't get in at all at the moment so
: it would have to be a technique I can try from dos.
: Any help appreciated.
: John.
If you actually get to the point of loading the kernel...
at the Boot: Prompt, try a
-s
to get you into single user mode, or if you buggered up your kernel, you
could also try kernel.GENERIC -s
(where -s is single user mode)
After you get the prompt, you'll have to mount your / partition as rw
(comes up as r only)
--
"I've Always been easy, just never cheap!"
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