Yep, you want to boot with flags = a, or some such.
So, to boot:

>>> boot -flags a
or
>>> set boot_osflags a 
>>> boot

The second is the way to get it to do it repeatably.

And, to get into multi-user from single user, just exit the shell.

On 949877537 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
Brook Milligan wrote:
>
>I am also having problems with a new install of 1.4.1 on a PC164
>system.  The problem is that it will only boot single user, despite
>/etc/rc.conf being set properly (I think).
>
>In fact, once it boots single-user I can run sh /etc/rc and the script
>runs fine.  All disks are mounted read/write, the network works, etc.,
>but still single user.
>
>init seems to be run with the -s flag (as revealed by ps immediately
>after booting).  Where does that -s come from?  Are there any SRM
>environment variables that should be set to control this?  What
>determines how init is run after booting?
>
>Any help here would be welcome.
>
>Cheers,
>Brook
>

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