From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 20 15:48:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA09716 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 15:48:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wahoo.netrunner.net (root@wahoo.netrunner.net [204.137.145.254]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA09711 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 15:48:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wam4.netrunner.net ([205.164.225.243]) by wahoo.netrunner.net (8.7.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA04063 for ; Tue, 20 Aug 1996 18:46:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 18:46:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199608202246.SAA04063@wahoo.netrunner.net> X-Sender: jcraton@netrunner.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: hackers@freebsd.org From: jcraton@wahoo.netrunner.net (Jeff Craton) Subject: mounting slices under the fixit floppy Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk forgot to mention...please respond to me directly. im still not subscribed yet! >im using the fixit floppy to go into repair mode. I'm trying to mount the hard drive in it's own directory so I can do some repairs, but it keeps giving me operation not permitted errors. > >here's my original fstab file: > >/dev/wd0s1b none swap sw 0 0 >/dev/wd0a / ufs rw 1 1 >/dev/wd0s1f /usr ufs rw 1 1 >/dev/wd0s1e /var ufs rw 1 1 >proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 > >here's the one i modified to work under the repair floppy: > >/dev/wd0s1b none swap sw 0 0 >/dev/wd0a /alpha/ ufs rw 1 1 >/dev/wd0s1f /alpha/usr ufs rw 1 1 >/dev/wd0s1e /alpha/var ufs rw 1 1 >proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 > >im trying to mount the original filesystem in the directory /alpha. Whenever I try >to mount /dev/wd0a under /alpha i get an operation not permitted error. How do I mount >the directories in fixit mode? >