From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 21 22:17:38 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACBDE16A421 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:17:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from pollux.dfwlp.com (rrcs-64-183-212-244.sw.biz.rr.com [64.183.212.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61A8413C44B for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:17:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by pollux.dfwlp.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l5LMHZkV089976 for ; Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:17:35 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:17:35 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <467ACC6F.8010907@yahoo.com> <44hcp1xblh.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <467AEDE3.5000801@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <467AEDE3.5000801@yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200706211717.35533.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=no version=3.2.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.0 (2007-05-01) on pollux.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: remounting a drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:17:38 -0000 On Thursday 21 June 2007 16:30:11 Steel City Phantom wrote: > tried > mount -u rw / > and > mount -u rw /dev/ad1s1 / > with the same result, no permission error > next idea or did i get the command wrong > Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > Steel City Phantom [1] writes: > > > > ok, i had a working bsd system. > > i shut it down, and removed a drive from it to use in another computer > > i turn it on and i get mounting errors, nothing unsual, can't find drives > > from the manualroot prompt i put in the path to the root partition to > the drive that is still in the machine > > i boot to single user mode > > im now trying to edit my fstab so i can boot normally (the drive > numbers moved from ad1 to ad0 because i removed a hardrive) > > i can see all the files, i mounted my /usr partition, but for some > reason i can't remount the / parition to edit the fstab. when i enter > the command mount -o rw / i get operation not permitted. i tried > mount -o rw /dev/ad1s1 / and mount -o rw /dev/ad0s1 /and got the same > thing. ive used this in the past and it works, i don't know why its > not working now. any ideas? > > bsd 6.2 if it matters > > when i do mount > /dev/ad1s1 on / (ufs, local, read-only) > devfs on /dev (devfs, local) > /dev/ad1s1f on /usr/ (ufs, local, soft-updates) > > > Try the "-u" (update) option. > _______________________________________________ > [2]freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > [3]http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > [4]"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > References > > 1. mailto:scphantm@yahoo.com > 2. mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > 3. http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > 4. mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" might try a freesbie live cd or freebsd install cd, to find your partition and make your edits to the fstab there. good luck, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com