From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 6 03:33:09 2005 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 E118016A4CE for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 03:33:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bmyster.com (ns1.bmyster.com [65.175.135.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3529743D41 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2005 03:33:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mrb@bmyster.com) Received: from bmyster.com (localhost.bmyster.com [127.0.0.1]) by bmyster.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j263dOJd012792; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 22:39:30 -0500 (EST) From: "Brent" To: dR , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 22:39:19 -0500 Message-Id: <20050306033344.M36478@bmyster.com> In-Reply-To: <20050306025228.78750.qmail@web52301.mail.yahoo.com> References: 6667 <20050306025228.78750.qmail@web52301.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.41 20040926 X-OriginatingIP: 24.75.245.190 (mrb) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: Re: Help! I am in beeg trouble. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: mrb@bmyster.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 03:33:10 -0000 by the sounds of it...seems the slices were mounted with read only options set. try mounting the partitions manually something like mount /dev/ad1s1a / mount /dev/ad1s1e /usr mount /dev/ad1s1f /var just make sure that you have the device name correctly and what the correct mount point. or try ok boot -s # fsck -p # mount -u / # mount -a -t ufs # swapon -a hope that helps .... Brent On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 18:52:28 -0800 (PST), dR wrote > Hi Brent! In single-user mode, I am able to mount / , > /usr and /var. But when I do, I see a message about > these partitions not having been correctly unmounted. > I can run sbin/fsck, but the display shows "NO WRITE" > for the slices. > > When I reboot, I still can't log in. > > Is there anything further that you can suggest? > > Marko > > --- Brent wrote: > > if you get into single user mode ...you might want > > to try mounting your / and > > /usr partitions > > mount -a > > should do it > > > > then edit your /etc/passwd file and change the shell > > environment & home dir > > path for your user ..hope this helps > > > > Brent > > > > > > On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 12:21:13 -0800 (PST), dR wrote > > > I was trying out different window managers when I > > > noticed that I had lost env information. I quit X > > and > > > found the problem persisting. I rebooted and now I > > > can't log in! > > > > > > /usr/bin/login no such file or directory > > > > > > I can enter single-user mode. I have run fsck a > > couple > > > of times and everything seems to be fine in that > > > respect. > > > > > > I'm new to FreeBSD... Can someone help? The > > version is > > > FreeBSD 5.3 Release. > > > > > > Marko > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > __________________________________ > Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"