Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 22:32:27 -0500 From: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: <dsyphers@uchicago.edu>, <mystic_mac1@mac.com>, <chris@ooc2000.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help! Syntax error in rc.conf has made my entire filesystem read only!!!!!! Message-ID: <086e01c22242$43762f80$edec910c@fbccarthage.com> References: <A5CA4526-8E20-11D6-AA68-00306548FDCC@mac.com> <200207022029.52399.dsyphers@uchicago.edu>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "David Syphers" <dsyphers@uchicago.edu> To: <mystic_mac1@mac.com>; <chris@ooc2000.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 8:31 PM Subject: Re: Help! Syntax error in rc.conf has made my entire filesystem read only!!!!!! > You need to boot to single-user mode. Do not choose bash there, choose > /bin/sh. > > To get a system you can work with, you must remount / read-write. (fsck'ing > the filesystems is just a good habit.) Then mount /usr so you can use your > favorite editor for rc.conf. > > fsck -p > mount -u / > mount -a -t ufs > > Then fix rc.conf, reboot, and enjoy. Just be glad you didn't mess up your > fstab file. I did that once... > > -David > So fsck -p optional? And, you're definitely write about fstab.....lots of time to fix that one. KDK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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