From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jul 25 16:59: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from castillo.torrentnet.com (castillo.torrentnet.com [4.18.161.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 169CB37BBD8; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 16:58:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bengeri@torrentnet.com) Received: from localhost (bengeri@localhost) by castillo.torrentnet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA25280; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:58:50 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 19:58:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Sudhindra Bengeri To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: booting single usr mode: / was not properly dismounted In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sorry, I had a typo in my prev posting. I had written "the root-device is not mounted read-only" it should have been "the root-device is now mounted read-only". Rgds, Sudhin On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Sudhindra Bengeri wrote: > Hi, > > The primary kernel file, /kernel has some problem, I have a backup of this > file on the /home filesystem. The other kernel file that I have in the > root device fails to boot in the multiuser mode. > > I tried entering the single user mode, by > > boot: /kernel.ORIG -s > > This boots up but gives the following warning > > WARNING: / was not properly dismounted > > the root-device is not mounted read-only. Is there any way by which I can > dismount this read-only filesystem and mount it as read-write. > > Thanks in anticipation. > > Regards, > Sudhin > > -- > Sudhindra Suresh Bengeri bengeri@torrentnet.com > Ericsson IP Infrastructure (919) 472-9945 Fax:(919) 472-9999 > 920 Main Campus Drive, Suite 544 Raleigh, NC 27606 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message