Network In Single User Mode

[Michael Stearne]

On 3/16/07, Gary Bernstein <bernsteg at uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> > _______________________________________________
>
> I filed these instructions away from another list. Hopefully they
> will work for you:
>
> > Here's an easier way. Boot into single-user mode. As the system
> > suggests, run fsck -y and mount -uw /. Then do the following:
> >
> > # start the kernel extension daemon
> > /usr/libexec/kextd
> >
> > # bring up the network; you'll be able to ping IPs only
> > /usr/sbin/configd
> >
> > # start the resolver, so DNS works
> > /usr/sbin/lookupd
>

These services do get started with "sh /etc/rc" but the system still
doesn't really have network access at that point it.

Installing the update in Target Disk mode worked.

Thanks,
Michael