On Tuesday 04 May 2004 02:26, William wrote: > hi, i'm more or less a newbie to BSD administration. anyway, i forgot to > close a quote on one of the lines in /etc/rc.conf. now the server on boots > into single-user mode. problem is it won't let me edit the file so i can > fix it. it goes into "read-only" mode. even if i could write to the file i > can't seem to find vi or any other editor for that matter. any ideas on how > i can get back into multi-user mode. all help is much appreciated. i'm > running 4.4 current on an pentium III box. > > thanks in advance > > William Benson
when your systems has booted into single user mode, hit <CR> when promted for a shell. then enter the following commands: # adjkerntz -i # swapon -a # fsck -p # mount -u / # mount -a -t ufs # ee /etc/rc.conf (or # vi /etc/rc.conf) # reboot regards ch > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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