Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:08:46 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1017515326.4f50be@mired.org> To: Dale Morris <dlm@well.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Rescue Question Message-ID: <15519.30142.55413.485440@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <3C9F390C.EA186910@well.com> References: <3C9F1E42.39037FA5@well.com> <15519.27846.575833.660197@guru.mired.org> <3C9F390C.EA186910@well.com>
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In <3C9F390C.EA186910@well.com>, Dale Morris <dlm@well.com> typed: > Mike Meyer wrote: > > In <3C9F1E42.39037FA5@well.com>, Dale Morris <dlm@well.com> typed: > > > When I try using the rescue disck #2 and going to the fixit prompt I've > > > tried the following commands unsuccessfully: > > > mount /usr > > > mount / > > > mount /dev/ad0s1a, 1e, 1f, 1g > > > editing the fstab file.. (of course I can't mount the partition to edit > > > it) > > > thanks in advance > > Try doing it this way: > > mount /dev/ad0s1a /mnt > > mount /dev/ad0s1f /mnt/usr # or whatever /usr /is on > > etc. > > instead. > Mike, when I do it this way I get the following: > mount: /dev/ad0s1a (or e,f,g) : No such file or directory > Fixit# > > I'm thinking it is possible that I don't have an fstab file in /etc , and > therefore would I be unable to mount partitions? Or maybe another problem? That means the device fiels don't exist. You can make them with /dev/MAKEDEV if you can get a writeable directory. > What led me to this was being unable to mount the floppy with > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy command. Yet if I remember correctly the bsd > floppy was automounted.. You don't remember correctly, as it isn't. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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