Getting closer, thanks. I've mounted the slice with mount -o rw /dev/da0s1a /mnt. However, when I chroot into /mnt passwd isn't found and editing the /etc/master.passwd file still gives a read-only error.
-Mathew "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all." - God; Futurama "We'll get along much better once you accept that you're wrong and neither am I." - Me On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 3:11 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 02:50:23PM -0400, Mathew Snyder wrote: > > I've booted to installation media and selected the single-user mode. I've > > got the shell but when I attempt to follow the steps I've found on > various > > sites it doesn't work. Generally, they all follow the same procedure: > > > > mount -a (or mount -u /) > > passwd > > This only works if the entries are in fstab, which obviously they won't > be if you're booting from a CD. > > Mount them manually (e.g. `mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt`) and then chroot into > /mnt to run `passwd`. > >
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