Re: can't reboot after messing up my rc.conf file
On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 06:48:33 -0800, Loren M. Lang [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 12:44:55AM -0800, Sandy Rutherford wrote: On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:02:02 -0600, Jamie Novak [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I may have missed something from the thread before I joined the list, but is there any reason you can't just mount the filesystems and use vi as you're used to? If you're getting far enough in the boot process to get an opportunity to interact with a shell, you should just be able to mount -a and vi whatever. (Or, if you want to play it safe (or if the system wasn't cleanly shutdown before), fsck and then mount -a) This should work fine. Although, depending on where he is in the boot process, / may be mounted read-only. Do `mount -uw /' to make it read-write. The lesson here is that when editing any file that is even remotely connected to the boot process, _make_a_backup_copy_. You can then simply mv the backup copy back into place should you mess up. Actually, Absolute BSD has a handy suggestion about using rcs for all important files in /etc/. Maybe you should try looking into that. I actually do both. RCS is very usefull for unwinding changes to get the system back to a previous state, should you realise that some of your improvements weren't such a good idea afterall. However, if you are concerned that your changes might adversely affect the boot process, then keeping your recovery plan as simple as possible is highly recommended. It doesn't get much simpler than `cp'. Sandy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't reboot after messing up my rc.conf file
On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 12:44:55AM -0800, Sandy Rutherford wrote: On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:02:02 -0600, Jamie Novak [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I may have missed something from the thread before I joined the list, but is there any reason you can't just mount the filesystems and use vi as you're used to? If you're getting far enough in the boot process to get an opportunity to interact with a shell, you should just be able to mount -a and vi whatever. (Or, if you want to play it safe (or if the system wasn't cleanly shutdown before), fsck and then mount -a) This should work fine. Although, depending on where he is in the boot process, / may be mounted read-only. Do `mount -uw /' to make it read-write. The lesson here is that when editing any file that is even remotely connected to the boot process, _make_a_backup_copy_. You can then simply mv the backup copy back into place should you mess up. Actually, Absolute BSD has a handy suggestion about using rcs for all important files in /etc/. Maybe you should try looking into that. Sandy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't reboot after messing up my rc.conf file
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:02:02 -0600, Jamie Novak [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I may have missed something from the thread before I joined the list, but is there any reason you can't just mount the filesystems and use vi as you're used to? If you're getting far enough in the boot process to get an opportunity to interact with a shell, you should just be able to mount -a and vi whatever. (Or, if you want to play it safe (or if the system wasn't cleanly shutdown before), fsck and then mount -a) This should work fine. Although, depending on where he is in the boot process, / may be mounted read-only. Do `mount -uw /' to make it read-write. The lesson here is that when editing any file that is even remotely connected to the boot process, _make_a_backup_copy_. You can then simply mv the backup copy back into place should you mess up. Sandy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
can't reboot after messing up my rc.conf file
Hi All: I was editing my rc.conf file and left off a quote mark, and now when I try to reboot I get an error and am prompted to drop into shell to fix it. The default prompt is /bin/sh, and if I hit return I get a prompt. How can I edit the file while I'm in that prompt? VI doesn't work...is there another text editor I can use to fix the file? TIA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't reboot after messing up my rc.conf file
mount -a vi /etc/rc.conf Running fsck is your prerogative. -Kyle Mott aklist_061666 wrote: Hi All: I was editing my rc.conf file and left off a quote mark, and now when I try to reboot I get an error and am prompted to drop into shell to fix it. The default prompt is /bin/sh, and if I hit return I get a prompt. How can I edit the file while I'm in that prompt? VI doesn't work...is there another text editor I can use to fix the file? TIA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't reboot after messing up my rc.conf file
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 13:42, aklist_061666 wrote: Hi All: I was editing my rc.conf file and left off a quote mark, and now when I try to reboot I get an error and am prompted to drop into shell to fix it. The default prompt is /bin/sh, and if I hit return I get a prompt. How can I edit the file while I'm in that prompt? VI doesn't work...is there another text editor I can use to fix the file? TIA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /bin/ed Be prepared with a printed manual and a wet towel for your head! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't reboot after messing up my rc.conf file
Mike Jeays wrote: On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 13:42, aklist_061666 wrote: Hi All: I was editing my rc.conf file and left off a quote mark, and now when I try to reboot I get an error and am prompted to drop into shell to fix it. The default prompt is /bin/sh, and if I hit return I get a prompt. How can I edit the file while I'm in that prompt? VI doesn't work...is there another text editor I can use to fix the file? TIA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /bin/ed Be prepared with a printed manual and a wet towel for your head! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or you could just simply: # /bin/mv /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.bad # /bin/echo variable=value /etc/rc.conf This will give you a nice new rc.conf that you can edit once you are up and running again. HTH Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: can't reboot after messing up my rc.conf file
I may have missed something from the thread before I joined the list, but is there any reason you can't just mount the filesystems and use vi as you're used to? If you're getting far enough in the boot process to get an opportunity to interact with a shell, you should just be able to mount -a and vi whatever. (Or, if you want to play it safe (or if the system wasn't cleanly shutdown before), fsck and then mount -a) Otherwise, Chris Hodgins' suggestion of mv'ing the old file out of the way and echoing variables into a new one is probably what I'd do. I hate ed. On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 13:42, aklist_061666 wrote: Hi All: I was editing my rc.conf file and left off a quote mark, and now when I try to reboot I get an error and am prompted to drop into shell to fix it. The default prompt is /bin/sh, and if I hit return I get a prompt. How can I edit the file while I'm in that prompt? VI doesn't work...is there another text editor I can use to fix the file? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
