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From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: upgrading the root FS to read-write
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On Sat, 18 Jun 2011, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote:

> After booting 8.1-RELEASE single-user, what must I do to upgrade
> the root FS mount from read-only to read-write?  I have tried:
>
> # mount -u /

That's what I use.  Try running fsck on it first.