Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 20:03:11 -0600 (CST) From: "J.A. Terranson" <measl@mfn.org> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unable to boot/mount root to fixit. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103111959070.10579-100000@greeves.mfn.org> In-Reply-To: <20010311165652.J50418@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex>
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On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Crist J. Clark wrote: > The device is now immutable. Hard to mount an immutable device > read-write. Ya, but I was also unable to mount it ro <boggle>. > > Even worse, I am unable to mount from the fixit to try > > and undo my mistake. I get an invalid super block error when trying to: > > > > mount /dev/ad0s1 /mnt > > or > > mount /dev/ad0s2 /mnt, etc... > > Is that a typo or did you actually try that? You want to mount, > > # mount /dev/ad0s1a /mnt No typo. I originally tried /dev/ad0s1a, but there was no such device available to me. Since ad0s1 was the closest I could get, I tried it... > Making the device nodes immutable will cause breakage. So I see <smile> > > and (2) any way I could have > > recovered from this? > > You were on the right track. Boot fixit.flp, mount the root partition > of the disk (using the correct name ;) and, > > # chflags -R noschg /mnt Which is *exactly* where I was headed, but, with no ad0s1a, and no way I could find to make the node, I was hosed... :-( > You could repeat for the other partitions from fixit.flp, or boot off > of the HDD into single-user at this point. I'll need to do this again later in the week if I can find the time: obviously I screwed up *somewhere*... Thanks for the info! -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... -------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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