Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 06:13:15 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: One Kosher Pickle <dinosaur@igcom.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ro mount of root_device in single-user Message-ID: <2496.835852395@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 Jun 1996 00:02:10 CDT." <199606270502.AAA00952@terra.igcom.net>
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One Kosher Pickle wrote in message ID <199606270502.AAA00952@terra.igcom.net>: > After being informed by the folks in #freebsd that the root_device, when > booted in single-user mode, is supposed to be read-write, I have a > question.. For some reason, when booting the kernel with the -s option > (therefore booting single-user) my root_device is mounted as read-only. I > can't figure out why...any idea what's wrong? The people on #freebsd were wrong! If you boot single user, root *IS* mounted read-only ... you have to do `mount -u /' to mount it r/w ... Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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