Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 10:28:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> To: Jon Saenz <jsaenz@netflow.es> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: read-only root filesystem... = disaster? Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.971005102431.1085A-100000@cedb> In-Reply-To: <19971005111731334.AAA201@jon>
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On Sun, 5 Oct 1997, Jon Saenz wrote: > When typing RETURN, sh starts and when I type df, I get the following > answer: > > Filesystem 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > root_device 67742 25762 36562 41% / > > I am NOT allowed to: > 1. edit files > 2. sh MAKEDEV You need to re-mount root rw mount -u / then mount /usr You now have a rw / and /usr for vi. Based on the sequence of events I'll bet that the device file for your Zip disk is a regular file, not a device special file. When you tried writing to it you created a large file in /dev. Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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