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From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>
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Subject: Re: need help repairing this system... mount issues
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On Sun, 18 May 2003, Joshua Oreman wrote:

> Before you do that, why not try this?
> Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds... [space]
> ok boot -s
> [snip]
> mountroot> ufs:/dev/ad4s1a
> [snip]
> # mount -uw /
> # cd /dev && sh MAKEDEV ad4
> # mount -a
>
> The key command is 'mount -uw /'. This tells the system to remount /
> read-write. It does not need the device file used to mount the
> partition.
>

Wont work because / is mounted on ad4s1a and it wont let you remount it.

I believe the initial ro mount of / is magical.

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