I tried 2 of the suggested solutions, first the one that said when I get
the "#"
prompt I should type in "boot -s" and the second that when I get to the
"ok"
prompt I should type in "boot -s". With the first I got the response
"boot: permission denied", and with the second I go to the the regul
On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:38:36 +0200, Ruben de Groot wrote:
> I don't recall there was a boot loader menu in FreeBSD 4.x
> Just interupt boot by pressing a key, giving you the OK prompt. Then boot -s
> to go to single user mode (if that's what you want)
Correct. I think the "Beatie menu" appeared in
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 05:09:07PM +0200, Bernt Hansson typed:
> 2011-08-16 03:21, Gerald Stoller skrev:
> >I booted up my FreeBSD system and it never presented me with a "Boot:
> >" prompt.
> >Maybe that is because my system is old (remember I haven't used it for
> >years),
> >its version # is
011-08-10 00:47, Gerald Stoller skrev:
I haven't used my FreeBSD system/account for some time and I forgot its
password. I know that there is a way to login as a single root user
without a password, but I don't remember how to do it. I tried a quick
look at the Handbook, but I couldn't find anyth
> -Original Message-
> From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Gerald Stoller
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 3:47 PM
> To: questions FreeBSD
> Subject: single user login
>
>
> I haven
> I haven't used my FreeBSD system/account for some time and I forgot
> its password. I know that there is a way to login as a single root user
> without a password, but I don't remember how to do it. I tried a quick look
> at the Handbook, but I couldn't find anything about it there. Pl
I haven't used my FreeBSD system/account for some time and I
forgot its password. I know that there is a way to login as a single
root user without a password, but I don't remember how to do it. I
tried a quick look at the Handbook, but I couldn't find anything about
it there. Pleas
