Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:00:04 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot problems / redirection unexpected Message-ID: <47949754.4070307@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <94136a2c0801210442q2ab2cbdbs6257c71b1a614296@mail.gmail.com> References: <94136a2c0801210442q2ab2cbdbs6257c71b1a614296@mail.gmail.com>
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Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > hello, > > Trying to boot 6.3. There seems to be some problem with /etc/rc.subr > it gives me some message about redirection unexpected. I am trying to > copy this file form a back-up to /etc but when I do that it says: > read-only file system. > > I should add that I am operating as root (could not go into multiuser). > > What are my options now? How do I make files in /etc writeable so that > I can copy the file from backup? > > Many thanks! > > Zbigniew Szalbot > ______________________________________________ > So it seems your problems were far more than not getting a GENERIC kernel... I guess this is the machine where you merged the changes of the conf files? If you do have a backup, reboot into single user mode and do something like: mount -o rw / This will remount you root partition read-write and you will be able to copy the backup back.
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