From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 12 15:46: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from deathrow.mail.pas.earthlink.net (deathrow.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1097837B405 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:45:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.50] helo=avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net) by deathrow.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16aizS-0000cM-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2002 11:53:22 -0800 Received: from dialup-63.208.70.193.dial1.chicago1.level3.net ([63.208.70.193] helo=there) by avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16aizR-0003BU-00; Tue, 12 Feb 2002 11:53:21 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Bob Giesen To: trini 0 , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I goofed Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 13:53:29 -0600 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3] References: <20020212171549.50979.qmail@web13104.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20020212171549.50979.qmail@web13104.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tuesday 12 February 2002 11:15 am, trini 0 wrote: > Hey all. I have a box with 2 ide hds. freebsd was on > ide2 so I decided to move it to ide1 because I was > adding a burner so cabling would be easier. So I > moved it, and it wouldn't boot because of fstab is > expecting the hd to be ad2. > I changed it back and changed all references of ad2 to > ad0 in fstab. Still it wouldn't boot. Apparently I > didn't make sure the devices under /dev were made. > Now Im stuck with a read-only root partition. Is > there a way where I can have the system boot to > read/write and make those device entries?? > Thanks > Please cc to gms08701@yahoo.com Interrupt the boot (during your 10-second "Hit any other key..." period), enter boot -s to boot single user, then "mount -u /" wil change the root-slice mount from ro to rw. -- "I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law." -- David Dinkins, New York City Mayor, answering accusations that he failed to pay his taxes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message