SOLVED -Re: Help! I killed my rc.conf and cant boot correctly!

2003-06-30 Thread Keith Spencer
Thanks 
--- Roman Neuhauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2003-06-28 16:04:58
 +1000:
   --- Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  On Fri,
  2003-06-27 at 23:57, Keith Spencer wrote:
Want to hear a tale of stupidity and woe.  I
 screwed up fbsd 4.7
system rc.conf and can only seem to boot into
 a basic session.
Cant edit or save to /etc files.  What to do
 and you guessed
it...noboot disk was made although I have
 another 4.7 fbsd machine
nearby.  Tell me it's not fatal guys!
   
   I don't see why you wouldn't be able to boot
 into single-user mode,
   edit the rc.conf, then reboot. What exactly is
 the problem editing
   the files in /etc from SU mode?
  
  When the machine boots it drops straight into (I
 guess) single user
  mode. The /usr/sbin /usr/bin cant be cd-ed to and
 the /etc dir says it
  is read only file system! So I can't save to it. 
 I have a Schlacter
  tute fireall setup on it. With whatever security
 it entails.  Any
  clue? Can I interupt the boot and do something?
  This is a mission critical machine darn it...Oh
 dear!
 
 mount -u /
 mount -a -t ufs
 swapon -a
 /usr/bin/vi /etc/rc.conf
 
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Solved RE: Help! I killed my rc.conf and cant boot correctly!

2003-06-28 Thread Keith Spencer
Yet again the FBSD community kick goals!
Thanks heaps
Keith


 --- Roland Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
adam,
 try:
 fsck -y (check the filesystem)
 mount -uw / (mount root filesystem read/write)
 
 if you saved a backup of the rc.conf, all you have
 to do is:
 
 mv /etc/rc.conf_backup_file /etc/rc.conf
 reboot
 
 hope that helps
 
 roland
 
 
 
 Thanks Adam,
 When the machine boots it drops straight into (I
 guess) single user mode. The /usr/sbin /usr/bin cant
 be cd-ed to and the /etc dir says it is read only
 file
 system! So I can't save to it.
 I have a Schlacter tute fireall setup on it. With
 whatever security it entails.
 Any clue? Can I interupt the boot and do something?
 This is a mission critical machine darn it...Oh
 dear!
 Keith
 
  --- Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  On Fri,
 2003-06-27 at 23:57, Keith Spencer wrote:
   Want to hear a tale of stupidity and woe.
   I screwed up fbsd 4.7 system rc.conf and can
 only
  seem
   to boot into a basic session. Cant edit or save
 to
   /etc files.
   What to do and you guessed it...noboot disk was
  made
   although I have another 4.7 fbsd machine nearby.
   Tell me it's not fatal guys!
  
  I don't see why you wouldn't be able to boot into
  single-user mode, edit
  the rc.conf, then reboot. What exactly is the
  problem editing the files
  in /etc from SU mode?
  
  -- 
  Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  
  

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