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
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