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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!hq.hq.af.mil!scratchy.hq.af.mil!lpeters From: lpeters@scratchy.hq.af.mil (Leslie D. Peters) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: NetBSD-0.9 bootable in single user mode? Date: 14 Apr 1994 16:04:13 GMT Organization: Defense Information Service Agency Lines: 32 Distribution: world Message-ID: <2ojpht$4pm@hq.hq.af.mil> References: <FEN.94Apr13143158@imagine.comedia.com> Reply-To: lpeters@scratchy.hq.af.mil NNTP-Posting-Host: scratchy.hq.af.mil In article <FEN.94Apr13143158@imagine.comedia.com>, fen@imagine.comedia.com (Fen Labalme) writes: |> (This is probably trivial, but...) |> |> When I reboot NetBSD, it simply comes up multiuser. |> I want to move my /var to a new partition, and for |> safety I want to do the move while in single-user mode. |> |> Is there some way to do this? |> |> Thanks in advance. |> -- |> Fen |> ~~~ WE ARE EVERYWHERE! JUST SAY "KNOW"! |> Fen Labalme for EFF info, email <eff@eff.org> |> Broadcatch Technologies for LPF info, email <lpf@uunet.uu.net> |> <fen@comedia.com> for CPSR info, email <cpsr@cpsr.org> |> PGP Key ID: 1024/0AF8FD for TLG info, email <info@tlg.org> What I use to do maintenance on my NetBSD 0.9a boxes is boot off of the kernel floppy, then move to the first filesystem disk. When asked if I wish to process with installation, I enter "N". This deposits me into an operational single-user mode with no mounted filesystems (yet). -- |------------------------------------------------------------------------| | When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl | | "Oh, Margie...you came and you found me a turkey... | | on my vacation away from workie" | |------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Les Peters(lpeters@scratchy.hq.af.mil) Proud to run NetBSD 0.9! | |========================================================================|