Re: boot problem - how can I access the file system

2005-09-06 Thread Norberto Meijome
Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: I made a mistake to my /boot/loader.conf file and now the system hangs after pressing F1 and before the boot options menu. How can I access the file to edit it? I have the install CD, but can't seem to figure out how to get to the file system. Hi Robert, I'd get

Re: boot problem - how can I access the file system

2005-09-03 Thread Robert Fitzpatrick
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 13:31 -0500, Kevin Kinsey wrote: I made a mistake to my /boot/loader.conf file and now the system hangs after pressing F1 and before the boot options menu. How can I access the file to edit it? I have the install CD, but can't seem to figure out how to get to the file

Re: boot problem - how can I access the file system

2005-09-03 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: I made a mistake to my /boot/loader.conf file and now the system hangs after pressing F1 and before the boot options menu. How can I access the file to edit it? I have the install CD, but can't seem to figure out how to get to the file system. When it happened to

boot problem - how can I access the file system

2005-09-03 Thread Robert Fitzpatrick
I made a mistake to my /boot/loader.conf file and now the system hangs after pressing F1 and before the boot options menu. How can I access the file to edit it? I have the install CD, but can't seem to figure out how to get to the file system. -- Robert

Re: boot problem - how can I access the file system

2005-09-03 Thread Robert Fitzpatrick
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 13:31 -0500, Kevin Kinsey wrote: What resources do you have? Don't have another FreeBSD machine at this location. I have my SuSE 9.2 linux workstation and Windows 2003 server machine. 2] Fixit CD or Fixit floppy. Available via FTP from ftp.freebsd.org. I tried the

Re: boot problem - how can I access the file system

2005-09-03 Thread nawcom
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/ and specifically: http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/rawwrite.htm these are all windows programs that take away the frustration of installing linux. however freebsd and any os follows the same concept when it comes to boot disks (.img) - so give