From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 22 10:26:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.surf1.de (mail.Surf1.de [194.25.165.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A754037B540 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2000 10:26:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nils@frozenfeelings.com) Received: from ilka.ncptiddische.net (pC19F6988.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [193.159.105.136]) by mail.surf1.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA02063 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2000 18:25:35 +0200 Received: from ilka.ncptiddische.net (ilka.ncptiddische.net [192.168.0.1]) by ilka.ncptiddische.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA01384 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2000 19:26:45 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from nils@frozenfeelings.com) Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 19:26:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Nils Holland X-Sender: nils@ilka.ncptiddische.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 4.0 via CVSup and rescuing my system ;-) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have two questions. But don't despair yet, I think they will be my last ones... First, about the great CVSup think I've just learned to use a day ago: I have FreeBSD-4.3-STABLE, which was 3.4-RELEASE before I updated it with CVSup. Now, if I wanted to get 4.0-STABLE, is all I have to do running CVSup and getting RELENG_4 or is there more to do in order to get from 3.4-STABLE to 4.0-STABLE? Second question: I have messed up a system! In /etc/fstab I have set a wrong root file system, and I noticed it after I had already rebooted. Now, how can I create a floppy disk on a working machine with which I can boot the other machine, so that I can mount the appropriate partition and edit /etc/fstab. Or, as an alternative, is there some argument I can set on the *bad* machine while it boots in order to specify a root-fs different from the one specifies in its /etc/fstab? Thanks in advance, Nils ...Let your dreams out of their cages, Every passion and desire, Let your visions be outrageous, Set your fantasies on fire! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message