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To boot into single-user mode on a Mac with OSX, hold down Command-S while it's starting. It'll drop you into single-user, read-only. Following the directions it prints out - I believe you can run:
"/sbin/fsck -y / && /sbin/mount -wu /"
at the console...

I haven't been able to get X working from the console, but Aqua is much better anyways...

And most of the time, I'd rather work from Terminal.app anyways... It's interesting how Macs store their applications... they're not executable files at all, they're directories!

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hp-search-mac

HP-SEARCH-MAC(1)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					  HP-SEARCH-MAC(1)

NAME

       hp-search-mac  -- HP switch search tool.

DESCRIPTION

	HP-search-MAC is an util that can query HP switches for their
	connection table. It then allow you to search for a MAC address and tell you
	where it is physically connected (best match first).
	.
	The functionality is similar to traceroute but on Ethernet level and only
	for HP switches.

USAGE

       hp-search-mac [options] [MAC] [...]

OPTIONS

       hp-search-mac [options] mac [ [options] mac ] [...]

       options:
	 --dl n 	  Set debug level to n.
	 --help 	  Print this help.
	 --hostname host[=>community] | -h host[=>community]	       Set a switch name to search. You can also set this in
		       /etc/hp-search-mac.conf or ~/.hp-search-mac.conf.	    The hash to set is \%switches.

       Mac:
	 You can use some different formats:	  ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff (hex)      ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff (hex)

	       0.123.0.12.0.12.0 (dec)

       CONFIGURATION:

       \%switches:	This is a normal perl hash of the form	    \%switches = ("host" => "community", ...);

AUTHOR

       Ola Lundqvist <ola@inguza.com>

SEE ALSO

       snmp-walk(1) snmp-get(1)

 hp-search-mac						   Mon Apr  7 21:21:44 CEST 2008					  HP-SEARCH-MAC(1)

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