From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 9 9:15:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7B1937B502 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 09:15:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA15383; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 12:15:18 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 12:15:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Stephen Hovey To: Len Huppe Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I'm locked out In-Reply-To: <39E1EEAC.CB16CFB1@mailtag.com> 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 When you go in standalone as root - do mount or mount -a if you want them all mounted and writable. On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Len Huppe wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a typo/syntax error in my /etc/rc.conf file, and I am now locked > out of my system. I don't know how to get back in and edit the file. > The kernel lets me run a shell but the root partition is mounted as > read-only. Can somebody tell me how I can mount the drive and correct > the typo? > > I tried running a "fixit" session from the live filesystem on CD 2 of > the distribution set,but it won't let me run the mount command. > > Help please !! > > thanks in advance, > Len Huppe > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message