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      4o4rh
      last edited by 4o4rh

      I added the i915 drives to loader.conf.local and now my system hangs so i can't get in to prevent it from loading.

      Have tried booting to live cd shell and mount but it doesn't work.
      geom disk list = ada0

      mount: /dev/ada0: Invalid argument
      mount: -t /dev/ada0 /tmp/tst : Invalid argument
      mount: -t ups /dev/ada0 /tmp/tst : Invalid argument
      mount: -t UPS /dev/ada0 /tmp/tst : operation not supported by device
      mount: -t zfs /dev/ada0 /tmp/tst : Invalid argument
      mount: -t ZFS /dev/ada0 /tmp/tst : operation not supported by device

      how can i prevent loader.conf.local from loading or get access to edit out the driver?

      would be helpful if there was some kind of rescue guide...

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Are you running ZFS?

        Otherwise boot to single user mode then run:
        mount -a -t ufs
        You might have to fsck it first.

        Then edit loader.conf.local.

        Steve

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          4o4rh @stephenw10
          last edited by

          @stephenw10 i used ufs / gpt settings, but booting to either single or multi seems to load loader.conf.local

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          • RicoR
            Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
            last edited by

            Boot your pfSense installation CD or USB thumb, hit 2 Single User mode
            Then
            mount -a -t ufs /dev/da0s1 /tmp

            -Rico

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              You might be able to prevent it loading by running at the loader prompt:
              set hint.i915kms.0.disabled=1
              boot

              Assuming you're talking about the graphics driver.

              Steve

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