single user mode freebsd11/rpi2

Tim Kientzle tim at kientzle.com
Sat Sep 12 17:43:55 UTC 2015


> On Sep 12, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Tim Kientzle <tim at kientzle.com> wrote:
> 
>> How can I make it single user mode? The reason this needs to be done is
>> I need to move some filesystems around.
> 
> If you have another FreeBSD machine, you can mount the SD card there to do major surgery like this.
> 

Actually, you don't even need another machine; you can use your existing RPI2:

  * Copy the card.
  * Boot the RPI2 from the copy
  * Mount the original via any SD <-> USB adapter
  * Do your changes

As a bonus, the copy will serve as a backup in case you get something wrong.

Cheers,

Tim



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