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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: MAKEDEV and boot problems
To: dan@dpcsys.com (Dan Busarow)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 22:51:06 -0500 (EST)
Cc: jlfox+@pitt.edu, questions@FreeBSD.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.UW2.3.95.970130184939.14706C-100000@cedb> from "Dan Busarow" at Jan 30, 97 06:51:55 pm
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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.
> 
You might have to do the following instead:

	mount -u /
	mount /usr

John