Single user mode: no shell prompt

[illoai at gmail.com]

On 20 October 2010 03:50, Martin Schweizer <lists_freebsd at bluewin.ch> wrote:
> Hello
>
> If I start the server in single user mode I get never a prompt/shell (at the console). After successfully boot in single user mode I see a the last line:
> "Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/mfid0s1a". The only thing I can do is CTRL-ALT-DEL, then the system reboots as usual (with no broken file system).
> All works well in multi user mode. I have no other problems with this server.

On at least one of my machines the USB devices do not
finish probing until after the "Enter the name of your shell
or press enter for /bin/sh" prompt, and thus it scrolls off
of the screen.  Pressing enter does give me a /bin/sh in
single-user mode, however.

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