Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 21:13:53 -0700 From: "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Subject: Re: Can't mount / Message-ID: <20020521041355352.AAA399@empty1.ekahuna.com@pc02.ekahuna.com> In-Reply-To: <20020520144247.GF2178@ns2.wananchi.com>
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On 20 May 2002, at 17:42, Odhiambo Washington boldly uttered: > * Philip J. Koenig <pjklist@ekahuna.com> [20020520 10:06]: wrote: > > Made a mistake in /etc/fstab. Thought I could boot single-user and > > fix it, but I can't mount / read-write because it claims the root > > device isn't found? > > > > > > > Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: > > > #adjkerntz -i > > > > > > # mount -u -o rw / > > > mount: da0s2a: No such file or directory > > > > > > # mount > > > da0s2a on / (ufs, local, read-only) > > > > > > # mount -u /dev/da0s2a > > > mount: not currently mounted /dev/da0s2a > > > # > > > > ??????????? > > > > Tried to boot with the fixit CD, same problem! > > > > This is making my brain hurt.. > > Jeez, and what does mount say when you do > > umount / > mount -u / I dunno. Ghost in the machine I guess. A little while later I typed the commands that previously didn't work, and they worked. Thanks for the suggestions. Phil -- Philip J. Koenig pjklist@ekahuna.com Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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