Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:40:56 -0700 From: Chris Fedde <chris@fedde.littleton.co.us> To: charon@seektruth.org Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't mount / properly, fstab woes Message-ID: <200201130140.g0D1eu801800@fedde.littleton.co.us> In-Reply-To: <200201130059.g0D0xw304790@midway.uchicago.edu>
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On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 19:00:02 -0600 David Syphers wrote:
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| booted to single-user mode, and managed to run fsck on /, but only by
| specifying the device name, since /etc/fstab is apparently FUBAR. But it
| won't let me mount / read-write, so I can't change fstab. It keeps
| complaining 'inappropriate file type or format', and I don't understand what
| that means. It doesn't make it easier that I have to direct someone how do
| this over the phone, since I can't ssh into the box Help!!
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You need to update the mount to read-write. do that by using the
-u option. Another approach is to ship out a new drive properly
installed so that the remote hands only have to switch drives and
free you from the drudgery of using their eyes and hands.
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| And for the record, I think making / read-only is something that should
| _never_ be done. The system does _not_ work properly in this mode, and
| everything gives me errors. To every FreeBSD security how-to out there -
| stop recommending this! If that kind of security is desired, then running
| the whole computer from a CDROM is probably the best idea.
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Read only / disk is safe if you are careful and understand what you
are doing. Remember that security is inversely proportional to
convenience.
Good Luck
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Chris Fedde
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