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Date:      Mon, 28 Jul 1997 08:52:32 +0200
From:      Werner Griessl <werner@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de>
To:        Babumpabajard <babump@itw.net>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upgrading to stable
Message-ID:  <19970728085232.27774@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970726012212.00968e60@mail.itw.com>; from Babumpabajard on Sat, Jul 26, 1997 at 01:22:13AM -0400
References:  <3.0.32.19970726012212.00968e60@mail.itw.com>

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On Sat, Jul 26, 1997 at 01:22:13AM -0400, Babumpabajard wrote:
> I recently CVsup'ed the sources for stable, and successfully did a make
> world.  I then used the tutorial on upgrading from sources to re-do my /dev
> dirctory, and did all the other things it notes, and restarted.  When it
> restarted it came up with the inablity to find /dev/wd0s1f device.
> 
> I did not do a sh MAKEDEV wd0s1f.
> 
> This error is becuase I did not do a sh MAKEDEV wd0s1f, right?
> 
> Now, if I start in single user mode, I can read /dev, and there is no
> wd0s1f, but I can't create it becuase it's mounting /dev as a read-only
> file system.  Am I correct in assuming the read-only file system error is
> becuase I didn't completely re-make my devices?
> 
> Can I turn off readonly mode?

Do a "mount -u /" in single user mode to make it read/write.
Werner

> 
> How can I fix this?  Can I?
> 
> Thanks for all the help I've already received, and thanks for reading this :>
> 
> Michael



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