Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:57:44 +0530 From: "Subhro" <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: "'Mike Jeays'" <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: cannot boot after updating to 5.3 stable Message-ID: <41fb1edd.2437aa40.4d7a.1bab@smtp.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1106971060.1462.4.camel@chaucer.jeays.ca>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C505F1.5BCEBDA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks Mike :-) Indian Institute of Information Technology Subhro Sankha Kar Block AQ-13/1, Sector V Salt Lake City PIN 700091 India > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Jeays [mailto:Mike.Jeays@rogers.com] > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 9:28 > To: Subhro > Cc: 'Rino M Nur'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: cannot boot after updating to 5.3 stable > > On Fri, 2005-01-28 at 22:35, Subhro wrote: > > Your problem is, somehow the mountpoint entries in /etc/fstab have > messed > > up. As a result the system cant find the root file system. At the > > Mount> > > Prompt type ? to get a list of all the valid mountpoints. Then manually > > mount all the mount points. Once you point the system the "root" it will > > straight go into the single user mode. You can then go into /dev and see > > what partitions are there. Mount the partitions manually and then open > up > > /etc/fstab in your favorite text editor and make the necessary changes. > The > > nnext boot onwards the box won't complain. > > BTW, you wont be able to open any text editor until and unless /usr is > > mounted. Because all the binaries (including the text editor, vi in my > case) > > resides in /usr. > > There is a primitive but usable editor called "ed" in /bin. It dates > back to the stone age of computing, and you will do better if you can > practise with it (or at least print out the manual on paper) before you > really need it. 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