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How do I boot into terminal on FreeBSD because I need to fix something in my fstab file but would that have anything to do with not being able to log in on gnome ?

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Show threadchronically exhausted fatherMar 7

@superuserdo chose single user mode from the boot menu. mount -o rw -u /; mount -a, edit away.

what happens when gnome doesn't start?

Show threadGraham PerrinMar 7

@elliot for ZFS (the default),

zfs mount -a

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Show threadchronically exhausted fatherMar 7

@grahamperrin @superuserdo
I do appreciate the correction; it was an extremely longstanding force of habit.

Does / mount rw in single user mode? I did not know that.

Show threadGraham PerrinMar 7

@elliot not rw by default in single user mode.

I usually:

mount -uw /

(I can't remember where I learnt that variant. Lost in the mists of time.)

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Show threadGraham PerrinMar 7

@superuserdo

Single user mode is an option at the boot screen.

<https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/faq/#forgot-root-pw> is wrong (sorry).

#61 - FAQ: Do not panic! – describes a nonexistent 'Boot:' prompt …
<https://codeberg.org/grahamperrin/freebsd-doc/issues/61>

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Show threadUnix Monkey 🇨🇦Mar 7
@superuserdo if it’s just the graphical login problem you can use alt-ctrl-(f1 to f6) to get a terminal login prompt. This will only work if the system is still booting properly and is usually nicer than working in single user mode.
Show threadstuMar 7
@[email protected] @superuserdo Thanks 🙏
Show threadMartijn [NL]Mar 7
@superuserdo or ssh in from other machine