[FAQ pointer] Re: Booting bit-by-bit (rc.conf broken)

From: Lowell Gilbert (freebsd-questions-local_at_be-well.no-ip.com)
Date: 09/03/03

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Date: 03 Sep 2003 10:43:01 -0400

    "Colin Watson" <sb.mailinglist@lambdabroadband.com> writes:

    > My rc.conf file appears to be broken in some way, and this is preventing my system from booting. It boots to a heavily resticted system, with only the / file system mounted and the statically linked binaries available. Problem is, I can't edit my rc.conf or remove it. Is their any way I can either selectivly execute statements in the rc.conf during bootup (similar to the old dos method), or a way I can force login, so I can remove the damaged rc.conf.

    "I made a mistake in rc.conf, or another startup file, and now I cannot edit it because the filesystem is read-only. What should I do?"
    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#RCCONF-READONLY

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