From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 3 16:05:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA15276 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 16:05:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de (rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de [141.31.112.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA15268 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 16:05:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from helbig@Informatik.BA-Stuttgart.DE) Received: (from helbig@localhost) by rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de (8.8.7/8.8.5) id BAA03819; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 01:04:46 +0100 (MET) From: Wolfgang Helbig Message-Id: <199711040004.BAA03819@rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de> Subject: Re: Boot manager and switching hard drives (part 2) In-Reply-To: from Gerard Giamberdine at "Nov 3, 97 08:29:33 am" To: gerard@dimensional.com (Gerard Giamberdine) Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 01:04:46 +0100 (MET) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL30 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Ok. It finds the root and enters the emergency shell. However I'm unable Probably, because the entries in /etc/fstab don't mirror you new configuration. > to edit any files or remake the devices (message- Read only file system) - Do a mount -rw -u /dev/wd2a This will allow you to write on the root partition. > like I don't actually have root permissions. Also, vi complains 'unknown > terminal type' and won't start - is this the TERM variable (and what > should it be set to)?. Thanks again for your help! TERM=cons25 Wolfgang