From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 25 22:53:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA15671 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Mar 1996 22:53:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts9-line4.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.85]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA15660 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 1996 22:53:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA00303; Mon, 25 Mar 1996 22:53:44 -0800 Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 22:53:43 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Duane Ferrell cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <31560505.3010@imsday.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 24 Mar 1996, Duane Ferrell wrote: > Hi, > Just a simple and probably stupid question. Here's the scenario: I > just installed FreeBSD on a 486-33 with 8 megs RAM. I can't make directories, > copy or do anything because it tells me I have a read only file system. I > messed around with chmod but couldn't get it to change anything. Shoud I have > done something different during installation? Also I do get one error when > booting up or trying to exit: > swapon: not found > skipping disks checks ... > pid 220: mount: uid0: exiting on signal 11 > Memory fault > filesystem mount failed, startup aborted Hm. Looks like a botched install, specifically in the disklabel section. Did you forget to mark the b partition as 'swap'? I would delete the FreeBSD partition and try reinstalling, making sure the appropriate mountpoints are specified in disklabel. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major