Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 15:22:04 -0500 (EST) From: Brent Rector <myfunsailor@yahoo.ca> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>, Petre Bandac <g38@rdsbv.ro> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: oops I did it again :-) Could we please change subject line.. Message-ID: <20011213202204.17390.qmail@web20406.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112131143060.5468-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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This is getting tiresome, everytime I see that subject line it's almost as if a customer did something wrong.... Perhaps "books" might be better... BR --- Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> wrote: > On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Petre Bandac wrote: > > Yes, I think both BSDmall.com and amazon.com ship anywhere, > although > quick shipping could be expensive. > > Annelise > > > Does your book get shipped in Romania too ? :-)) > > > > unfortunately, that's where I live for now and there are no > chances to move > > elsewhere in the near/far future :-) > > > > > > petre > > > > ps - as for the subject, I hate bitchney spears too > > > > > > On Thursday 13 December 2001 02:12, Annelise Anderson wrote > using one of his > > keyboards: > > > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Petre Bandac wrote: > > > > the part with mount /dev/ad .... worked, and I may > praise myself I got > > > > the idea before reading your mail - anyways thanks very > much for your > > > > help. > > > > > > > > one last question - call me lazy because I didn't RTFM - > but the kernel > > > > stuff is the same like in linux - for every extra thing > I need - quota > > > > support and other stuff - I must recompile, right ? but > where are the > > > > sources ? [stupid question, isn't it ? :-)] > > > > > > sources are in /usr/src; config files are in > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf, and > > > you'll need to add stuff from LINT to GENERIC (copy > GENERIC first to a new > > > name, and edit the copy) > > > > > > but see the handbook for step-by-step instructions > (they're in my book, > > > too); I think quotas need something from LINT but I'm not > sure; you > > > probably need to enable something in rc.conf as well > > > > > > overall it's different from linux and I'd avoid making too > many analogies > > > > > > Annnelise > > > > > > > now the last thing I need to config is the X Window and > I can say I got a > > > > fully functionable freebsd box ... > > > > > > > > thanks again, > > > > > > > > petre > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 12 December 2001 19:38, Annelise Anderson > wrote using one of > > > > his > > > > > > > > keyboards: > > > > > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Petre Bandac wrote: > > > > > > edited /etc/fstab for userquota but it says the > kernel ain't > > > > > > supporting it > > > > > > > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > now it's being mounted as read-only and I can't > undo the changes to > > > > > > fstab; what's the line I must write at boot time so > I can mount the > > > > > > partition (I'm talking about the root partition /) > read-write. > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks in advance > > > > > > > > > > > > petre > > > > > > > > > > I think typing mount -u / > > > > > should work. This won't give you any editor but ed, a > line editor, > > > > > however, because for those you need to mount your /usr > file system. > > > > > Since /etc/fstab is corrupted, you can't do mount -a. > So you need > > > > > to use /sbin/mount /dev/ad0s1f /mnt (adjusting as > required for file > > > > > system and mountpoint). It may help to type > > > > > /bin/cat /etc/fstab > > > > > so you have the contents of /etc/fstab on the screen > to look at > > > > > to get the info on the file systems. > > > > > > > > > > Annelise > > > > > > > > > > If you have a bad line in fstab for mounting /, you > may have to > > > > > type /sbin/smount /dev/ad0s1a / instead of mount -u / > > > > > > -- > Annelise Anderson > Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for > Your PC > Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com > Book Website: > http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message ===== -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brent Rector justBrent.net *Internet Support Services* brent@justbrent.net http://justbrent.net *Web Hosting* *FreeBSD* VoiceMail/Fax: 604-974-0992 ext 7527 Pager: 604-979-2141 ICQ: 1430007 Yahoo Messenger: myfunsailor MSN: kbrector@hotmail.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________ Send your holiday cheer with http://greetings.yahoo.ca To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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