/ mounted read-only after error in /etc/rc.conf

[Robert Huff]

Pieter Donche writes:

>  I made a typing error when chanign /etc/rc.conf
>  (linux_enable=YES")
>  when rebooting the system, the boot stops
>  /etc/rc.conf: 22: Syntax error: Unterminated quote string
>  Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
>  #
>  this leaves me with
>  /dev/ds0s1a on / (ufs, local, read-only)
>  
>  since / is read-only I can not edit /etc/rc.conf to correct the error.
>  
>  How to solve this?

	1) boot to single user mode
	2) (if necessary) mount /usr by hand to get access to favorite
editor
	3) edit rc.conf
	4) re-boot


				Robert Huff