From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 27 18:30:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA03628 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 18:30:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA03513 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 18:30:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA06997; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:46:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199807280046.UAA06997@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: MAKEDEV on ro wd In-Reply-To: <35BC709B.1E0AEAEB@csl.com> from Adam Nealis at "Jul 27, 98 01:20:43 pm" To: adamn@criterion.canon.co.uk (Adam Nealis) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 20:46:30 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Adam Nealis wrote: > Hi, > > I had to change it [fstab] to > > /dev/wd0s1a / ufs rw #2.2.6 version > > To check the partition is OK, try this > > mkdir /mnt/bootdisk > mount /mnt/bootdisk /dev/wd01s1a You meant mount /dev/wd01s1a /mnt/bootdisk At this point the user can cd /mnt/bootdisk/dev and do MAKEDEV, I think MAKEDEV wd01s1a > (you might have to fsck it first!). If it mounts, you know the disk is fine > (Phew!), and it could be your /etc/fstab. Dave -- Sancho Panza: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message