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Can't boot into single-user mode - any tips?
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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I'm experiencing difficulty in backing up my Local NetInfo database. I've tried doing it through NetInfo Manager, but get an error message even when root is enabled. (wonderful)
So I thought I'd try it in single-user mode.
Restarting holding down Cmd-S gave me a 'ssh2.05#' (or something to that effect) prompt rather than the 'localhost#' I was expecting. Also, there was no 'Singleuser boot - fsck not done' notification to tell me that I *was* in single-user mode.
So, do you reckon I was in s.u.m.?
Sorry if this is pathetically ignorant, I'm a CLI n00b.
Cheers
BTW: I'm running 10.2.8 if it helps.
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Aha, tried it again and the sh2.05a# turned out to be single-user mode after all. What, no localhost prompt? No friendly notice saying that if you want to make modifications to files, run
/sbin/fsck -y
/sbin/mount -uw /
Hmm, trying to make it difficult are they? Also a notice on rebooting (sync;sync;sync;reboot) or shutting down (shutdown -r now) would be nice for n00bs like myself lost in the dark, wondering what the hell to do. Fortunately I had a (Ahem! THE book on this stuff, otherwise I'd be sh**ting myself.
BTW: managed to cp -R local.nidb no probs
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Leiden, Netherlands
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Originally posted by kooBi:
Hmm, trying to make it difficult are they? Also a notice on rebooting (sync;sync;sync;reboot) or shutting down (shutdown -r now) would be nice for n00bs like myself lost in the dark, wondering what the hell to do. Fortunately I had a (Ahem! THE book on this stuff, otherwise I'd be sh**ting myself.
BTW: managed to cp -R local.nidb no probs
People should not be playing with Single-Users mode if they don't have a clue.
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