From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 30 8: 6:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from thought.adamantsys.com (w120.z064002057.sjc-ca.dsl.cnc.net [64.2.57.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6756237B405 for ; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 08:06:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU) Received: from localhost (localhost.adamantsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by thought.adamantsys.com (8.11.4/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f6UF6H974530; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 08:06:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU) Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 08:06:17 -0700 (PDT) From: "Brian W. Buchanan" X-X-Sender: To: Rohit Grover Cc: Subject: Re: messed up /etc/rc.conf In-Reply-To: <01073007591802.01042@tiltill.panasas.com> Message-ID: <20010730080426.U66530-100000@thought.adamantsys.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Rohit, "mount -a" will mount your filesystems read-write. Or just "mount /" to remount the / filesystem read-write, if you prefer. In the future, please send questions like this to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. Brian -- Brian Buchanan brian@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU -------------------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Rohit Grover wrote: > Hello, > > I made a mistake while modifying my /etc/rc.conf. I forgot to > put the terminating quote for a string. Now, my machine fails to boot > correctly. Upon boot, it gives me an option to launch a shell to > correct the problem. Interestingly, / is mounted as read-only and so > I cannot correct /etc/rc.conf. Please help. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message