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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 18:51:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
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Subject: Re: MAKEDEV and boot problems
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On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, Howard Lew wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jan 1997, James Fox wrote:
> > Thanks for your reply.  Unfortunately, I don't know how to
> > do what you suggested (I tried) because the shell I am
> > dumped into upon failure is a "read-only" shell and won't

James,

When you get the standalone shell do a

	mount /
	mount /usr

The file systems are now RW.

Dan
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