File-system is read only b/c of "Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string" in rc.conf

[Konrad Heuer]

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 ph.schulz at gmx.de wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>  I've got a quick question:
>
>  I've changed my /etc/rc.conf, but unfortunately I made a typo. Now, my
> system doesn't boot anymore. I wanted to correct the rc.conf, but the root file
> system is read only. Is there any way that I can either edit, rename or even
> delete the /etc/rc.conf?
>  Btw, I can mount all the other file systems and I have full access to them.
>
>   Thank you for your time,
>     Phil

Just to make sure, boot into single user mode by interrupting the boot
countdown and entering "boot -s" at the boot loader prompt.

Then to make sure:
	fsck -y
        mount -a -t ufs
        vi /etc/rc.conf

Regards

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