For people who *read* the FAQ, this is trivial. However, people who *search* the FAQ will probably find it helpful. How-To-Repeat: This gets asked regularly these days.
lowell@world.std.com wrote: > + <question id="mangled-startup-files"> > + <para>I made a mistake in my startup files, and now the box > + won't boot: how do I fix my mistake?</para> > + </question><answer> > + > + <para>See the > + <link linkend="forgot-root-pw">previous question</link>, > + except edit the startup file in question instead of doing > + <command>passwd root</command>.</para> > + > + </answer> Isn't the "I made a mistake in rc.conf, and now I can't edit it because the filesystem is read-only. What should I do?" question good enough? -- Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D
Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org> writes: > lowell@world.std.com wrote: > > > + <question id="mangled-startup-files"> > > + <para>I made a mistake in my startup files, and now the box > > + won't boot: how do I fix my mistake?</para> > > + </question><answer> > > + > > + <para>See the > > + <link linkend="forgot-root-pw">previous question</link>, > > + except edit the startup file in question instead of doing > > + <command>passwd root</command>.</para> > > + > > + </answer> > > Isn't the "I made a mistake in rc.conf, and now I can't edit it because > the filesystem is read-only. What should I do?" question good enough? One would think. [Two possible translations: either I'm annoyed that so many people manage to miss that question, or I had missed it myself. Note that those are *not* mutually exclusive.] Please go ahead and close the PR, although adding "or other startup files" to the question in, um, question, might be a good idea. - Lowell
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Lowell Gilbert wrote: > [Two possible translations: either I'm annoyed that so many people > manage to miss that question, or I had missed it myself. Note that > those are *not* mutually exclusive.] > > Please go ahead and close the PR, although adding "or other startup > files" to the question in, um, question, might be a good idea. Done. -- Ben Smithurst / csxbcs@comp.leeds.ac.uk / ben@FreeBSD.org