From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 14:27:57 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8049C16A4CE for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:27:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from thunder.trej.net (as3-3-6.orby.s.bonet.se [217.215.33.185]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 838E943D2D for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:27:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@dagerot.nu) Received: from mailgw.trej.net (localhost [127.0.0.1])hBFMRkq14162 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:27:46 +0100 Message-Id: <200312152227.hBFMRkq14162@thunder.trej.net> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 23:27:46 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Joachim Dagerot Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In-Reply-To: <3FDE2BBC.1080906@cs.arizona.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: IMHO/0.98.3t (Webmail for Roxen) 3j-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information 3j-MailScanner: Found to be clean Subject: Single user mode, non writeable /tmp X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 22:27:57 -0000 I just posted a problem regarding vinum where this question was hidden: My system starts with an error: "init: /bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, going to single user mode" This is because a disk has broken down. But my question is what tasks do I need to take to be able to run the system. The crashed disk contained /home and /usr. I can't even edit the fstab because the /tmp disk is not writeable.