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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.fibr.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-fw-6.sprintlink.net!news.nkn.net!news From: syntax <syntax@eramp.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Chew *crunch* help help!! Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 06:50:17 -0500 Organization: National Knowledge Network Lines: 24 Message-ID: <320099F8.41C67EA6@eramp.net> References: <4toogd$f9m@fan.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup19.eramp.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5a (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) CC: buckaroo@fan.net.au Hamish MacGregor wrote: > > Fairly-clueless-newbie-question, please help! > > I really really need instructions on how to either: > 1) Make a boot floppy for FreeBSD > 2) Boot up in single-user mode > > Someone has accidentally (or intentionally) deleted files so that no > one can log in... not even root. I have a tape backup, but I can't log > in to restore it!! Please help! > > Hamish MacGregor > buckaroo@netbenefits.com.au To boot into single user: shutdown -r now When you reboot and get the boot prompt type -s I'm not sure if this will help but you can try it. syntax@eramp.net