Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 21:30:37 -0400 From: Tom Parquette <tparquet@twcny.rr.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Having problems with fixit floppy mounting filesystems Message-ID: <3ED6B43D.8030004@twcny.rr.com>
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I was installing an additional hard disk and I believe I commented out the wrong line in fstab or typo'ed something. The /usr filesystem is not mounted. The machine will not boot to a command prompt so I can repair it. It complains bitterly at boot time about not finding things in the /usr/...... directories. I have never broken a system this badly before so this is the first time I have had to use a fixit floppy. If I can get the root and usr filesystems mounted r/w I should be able to "ee" fstab and get myself going. I can get to the fixit command prompt but when I issue mount /dev/ad0s1a /mnt to get the root filesystem mounted all I get is "operation not permitted". I searched the mailing list archives and dug through the on-line handbook and I'm not finding anything that gives me a clue what I'm doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated. TIA.
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