Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 01:56:11 -0800 (PST) From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@nike.efn.org> To: Craig Shrimpton <craigs@os.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HELP! My fstab is messed up and I can't edit it. Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.91.960117015442.203Q-100000@nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9601170225.A3655-0100000@solar.os.com>
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On Wed, 17 Jan 1996, Craig Shrimpton wrote: > Greetings, > > My fstab contains an invalid drive and it fails to mount / read-write at > boot time. Unless I can edit /etc/fstab I'm stuck. How do you overcome > this problem? I don't have a boot disk handy :-( I have the install disk > but it has no shell. well... when your at the # prompt... do a "mount -u -o rw /", this will make your / fs read/writable... then you might want to do a mount /dev/somedev /usr" to get access to vi... hope this helps... TTYL.. John-Mark gurney_j@efn.org Modem/FAX: (503) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box) Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD (unix) GCS/M/Sd#h+s+!gau-a--w++++vC+++++UF++++P---E---N++W---M--V--Y+t+5++G+b+D++ B----eu+h++!f++n---- CD5OUF++++.L-------2W.DM----N.9---NET2SP3s.2,4s.,4d.2,6---
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