Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:57:07 +0100 (BST) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/rc: cannot create /dev/null Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0206101556020.29324-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0206071452300.22448-100000@opal>
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On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Zhihui Zhang wrote: > > When I boot the machine, I got: > > /etc/rc: cannot create /dev/null: read-only file system > > What does this mean? It means your /dev directory is missing that entry. As root, ensure the standard files are there: # cd /dev # /bin/sh ./MAKEDEV std should do it. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk Semantic rules, OK? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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