docs/67806: Let 5.x users know how to boot into single user mode in cutting-edge.

[Simon L. Nielsen]

The following reply was made to PR docs/67806; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon at FreeBSD.org>
To: Peter Pentchev <roam at FreeBSD.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org, liamfoy at sepulcrum.org
Subject: Re: docs/67806: Let 5.x users know how to boot into single user mode in cutting-edge.
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 20:40:16 +0200

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 On 2004.07.22 14:41:18 +0000, Peter Pentchev wrote:
 
 > What do y'all think about the following patch?
 
 Since we are getting closer and closer to 5.X as -STABLE I personally
 prefer to start making 4.X the exception, rather than the other way
 around, so 5.X is described and the 4.X behavior is in a "<note>", but
 that might just be me...
 
 > Index: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml
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 > RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chap=
 ter.sgml,v
 > retrieving revision 1.203
 > diff -u -r1.203 chapter.sgml
 > --- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml	6 Jul 20=
 04 15:09:54 -0000	1.203
 > +++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml	22 Jul 2=
 004 14:34:13 -0000
 > @@ -748,9 +748,24 @@
 >        <para>from a running system, which will drop it to single user
 >  	mode.</para>
 > =20
 > -      <para>Alternatively, reboot the system, and at the boot prompt,
 > -        enter the <option>-s</option> flag.  The system will then boot
 > -	single user.  At the shell prompt you should then run:</para>
 > +      <para>Alternatively, reboot the system.  When the <link
 > +	linkend=3D"boot-loader">boot loader</link> starts and displays the
 > +	message <quote>Booting [<filename>/kernel</filename>] in 10
 > +	seconds</quote>, press <keycap>Space</keycap> (or any key but
 > +	<keycap>Enter</keycap>) to interrupt the countdown and display the
 > +	loader prompt, then enter the <command>boot -s</command> command.
 > +	The system will then boot in single user mode.</para>
 > +
 > +      <note>
 > +	<para>If you are using &os.current;, the loader does not display a
 
 I think "&os; 5.X" is better since hopefully we should have
 5.3-STABLE in a few months.
 
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 Simon L. Nielsen
 FreeBSD Documentation Team
 
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