On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 06:08:22AM -0000, Dan wrote: > I made an error in the rc.conf.conf file used ;# for rem statement. It hang on that > statement at boot. Also can't find shell get error message to use /bin/sh hit > return. I can't vi the rc.conf.local file vi is not there. >
Right -- you've rebooted, and your system can't come up properly, so
is dumping you into single user mode.
The fix is pretty simple though. Hit return to get a shell prompt.
Now type:
# fsck -p
# mount -a
then edit the rc.conf file:
# vi /etc/rc.conf
and finally:
# reboot
Cheers,
Matthew
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