From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jan 8 11:05:34 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA08867 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:05:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [209.157.86.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA08860 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:05:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id LAA43068; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:05:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:05:00 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199901081905.LAA43068@apollo.backplane.com> To: Jake Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: boot single with new loader? Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG :> Yes you can ... umount /usr ... umount /var ... etc :> : :If you copy tunefs to /usr or something, you can boot off the :install floppy, use the fixit floppy to get a shell, :and the run it on your unmounted root. A picobsd disk :also works well. : :I've even got softupdates enabled on my vinum volume :) If you have a bootable FreeBSD CD (I forget which one it is), try typing '-C' from the boot: prompt and see if it will boot the kernel into the CD with nothing else mounted. This gives you a *full* shell from which you can play with your disk configuration. -Matt Matthew Dillon Engineering, HiWay Technologies, Inc. & BEST Internet Communications & God knows what else. (Please include original email in any response) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message