From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 8 15:30: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pinnacle.co.nz (pinnacle.internet.co.nz [210.48.55.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA2F91506A for ; Sun, 8 Aug 1999 15:29:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.2]) by pinnacle.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA21930; Mon, 9 Aug 1999 10:22:07 +1200 (NZST) Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 10:22:07 +1200 (NZST) From: Jonathan Chen To: Christopher Taylor Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: deleted slice devices in /dev :( In-Reply-To: <37AC99DB.F5C5BB04@thedial.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Christopher Taylor wrote: > During an OS upgrade, I made the mistake of deleting the slice devices > for my harddrive. I am able to boot into single user mode, but I can > only mount the / fs in read only mode. > > When I attempt a 'mount -u /', I get the message 'mount: No such file or > directory' and I can't create the device since 'cd /dev;sh MAKEDEV > wd0s1a' returns 'rm: wd0s1: Read-only file system' > > How can I mount my root fs in read/write mode so that I can remake the > missing devices? Make the boot install floppies, and then choose the Fixit option when it comes up with Installation Menu. Jonathan Chen | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message