Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, > > My 4.10 server is halting during the boot process because the > kern.maxfiles entry in /etc/sysctl.conf is corrupted or wrong (though I > have not changed it in some time). What I want to do is simply remove > that entry from the sysctl.conf file, but I cannot even get into the system. > > I have a presentation later today based on some of the work I've done on > that server -- if someone could clue me in on how to best get in to fix > that file, I'd really appreciate it. I've tried the Brazilian LiveCD > ISO, without success -- the keyboard mappings are for Portugeuse, not > English.
Can you boot in single user mode? At the countdown during boot, press a key to interrupt the boot, then enter 'boot -s'. Hit enter when it asks you for a shell and do: fsck -p mount -a You should then be able to fix the offending entry. As a side note ... the last version of FreeSBIE I used had a menu to allow you to choose your language at bootup. Perhaps your version is a bit old? -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
