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From: =?iso-8859-7?q?Dimitri=20T?= <midiostri@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: the door is closed!
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Cc: Doug Reynolds <mav@wastegate.net>
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thanks to all who replied..

the first reply (edwin's) put me directly back in
business for i did remember to mount /usr but had
forgot to mount /   :(

thanks again ppl
ur great :)

dimitri


 --- Doug Reynolds <mav@wastegate.net> έγραψε: > On
Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:30:27 -0800, Kevin Oberman
> wrote:
> 
> >> >after this i've booted in single mode but when i
> give
> >> ># passwd root
> >> >and try to set the password, i get a "read-only
> file
> >> >system". vipw won't do it either..
> >> 
> >> boot single user, to get a writeable file system,
> i do this:
> >> 
> >> umount -a
> >> mount -a
> >> 
> >> that unmounts all systems, and mount remounts all
> as writeable, then
> >> run passwd
> 
> >While this works, it is just slightly risky. The
> handbook recommends:
> >fsck -p
> >mount -u /
> >mount -a
> >
> >The first command is important as it makes sure
> that FS is fully
> >consistent before allowing writes. (It is probably
> not really
> >important on volumes running soft updates.)
> 
> the fsck slipped my mind.  although if system was
> running, it'd
> probably work without it, but its still probably a
> good idea.
> 
> ---
> doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net
> 
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