Single user mode: no shell prompt

[Martin Schweizer]

Hello Illoai

Am 27.10.2010 18:14, schrieb 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.

Yeah, I now what you mean but in the mean team I found the solution. The 
problem was the console redirection. Why ever...

Regards,

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Martin Schweizer

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