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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!atha!aupair.cs.athabascau.ca!rwa From: rwa@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Ross Alexander) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: [Q] How to edit file /etc/rc.local Message-ID: <rwa.754075243@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca> Date: 23 Nov 93 17:20:43 GMT References: <CGwJJ9.BDq@oakhill.sps.mot.com> <CGxEpM.Bpw@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Sender: news@cs.athabascau.ca Lines: 36 spm@staff.cc.purdue.edu (Sean McDermott) writes: >To edit the file....do the following......... >boot single user...(type -s at the boot prompt) >mount -u -o rw / You might want to run "fsck /dev/rXX0a" for some suitable value of XX first. >mount /var >mount /usr Ditto here. Or else just "fsck -p". >mount (anything else in /etc/fstab) mount -t ufs -a. He hasn't initialized the network yet. >cd etc >vi rc.local oldtimers tend to use ed rather than vi ;). >sync;sync;sync This should be on three seperate lines. Why? Because it takes longer to type that way. >shutdown -r now This is all nitpicking, but I thought I'd mention it just in case. regards, Ross -- Ross Alexander,rwa@cs.athabascau.ca,(403) 675 6311,ve6pdq@nebulus.ampr.ab.ca