On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 03:55:39PM -0500, lrnobs wrote: > I am setting up a new server so I could just reinstall, but this is a > learning opportunity. > > I was changing the hostname of the computer. In rc.conf I apparently left > the leading " off the name. > > BSD doesn't like this. It stops the boot and allows/forces me to a shell. So > I found that "cat" shows me the error of my ways. vi apparently doesn't > exist or is stored somewhere that I cannot find because "find" does not work > either. > > I did find "ed" and thought I would be learning how to use it, but alas > trying to launch it tells me that I have a readonly file system. > > So, is there any way for me to fix my typo, or is reinstall my only option.
Your boot apparently halted before any filesystems had been mounted yet (except for '/' which is mounted read-only.) Do a 'mount -u /' to make sure that the root-filesystem is mounted read/write, and then a 'mount /usr' to mount /usr where vi and find lives. Then you should be able to fix rc.conf without much trouble. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
