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Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 23:25:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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To: Mark Stout <mcs@cwo.com>
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Subject: Re: Root FS read only during install
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On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Mark Stout wrote:

> I'm trying to install a fresh copy of FBSD (2.1 or 2.1.5) and when it mounts
> the root file system, it's mounted 'read only' and doesn't appear to be
> writing the data to disk, so it
> panics when it's suppose to mount the root file system. 

YOu had a failed install.  Use DOS FDISK to blow away the FreeBSD slice
and try again.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major