Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 11:43:51 -0800 (PST) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Petre Bandac <g38@rdsbv.ro> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: oops I did it again :-) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112131143060.5468-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <01121313014201.00306@k>
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Petre Bandac wrote: Yes, I think both BSDmall.com and amazon.com ship anywhere, although quick shipping could be expensive. Annelise > Does your book get shipped in Romania too ? :-)) > > unfortunately, that's where I live for now and there are no chances to move > elsewhere in the near/far future :-) > > > petre > > ps - as for the subject, I hate bitchney spears too > > > On Thursday 13 December 2001 02:12, Annelise Anderson wrote using one of his > keyboards: > > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Petre Bandac wrote: > > > the part with mount /dev/ad .... worked, and I may praise myself I got > > > the idea before reading your mail - anyways thanks very much for your > > > help. > > > > > > one last question - call me lazy because I didn't RTFM - but the kernel > > > stuff is the same like in linux - for every extra thing I need - quota > > > support and other stuff - I must recompile, right ? but where are the > > > sources ? [stupid question, isn't it ? :-)] > > > > sources are in /usr/src; config files are in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf, and > > you'll need to add stuff from LINT to GENERIC (copy GENERIC first to a new > > name, and edit the copy) > > > > but see the handbook for step-by-step instructions (they're in my book, > > too); I think quotas need something from LINT but I'm not sure; you > > probably need to enable something in rc.conf as well > > > > overall it's different from linux and I'd avoid making too many analogies > > > > Annnelise > > > > > now the last thing I need to config is the X Window and I can say I got a > > > fully functionable freebsd box ... > > > > > > thanks again, > > > > > > petre > > > > > > On Wednesday 12 December 2001 19:38, Annelise Anderson wrote using one of > > > his > > > > > > keyboards: > > > > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Petre Bandac wrote: > > > > > edited /etc/fstab for userquota but it says the kernel ain't > > > > > supporting it > > > > > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > > > > > now it's being mounted as read-only and I can't undo the changes to > > > > > fstab; what's the line I must write at boot time so I can mount the > > > > > partition (I'm talking about the root partition /) read-write. > > > > > > > > > > thanks in advance > > > > > > > > > > petre > > > > > > > > I think typing mount -u / > > > > should work. This won't give you any editor but ed, a line editor, > > > > however, because for those you need to mount your /usr file system. > > > > Since /etc/fstab is corrupted, you can't do mount -a. So you need > > > > to use /sbin/mount /dev/ad0s1f /mnt (adjusting as required for file > > > > system and mountpoint). It may help to type > > > > /bin/cat /etc/fstab > > > > so you have the contents of /etc/fstab on the screen to look at > > > > to get the info on the file systems. > > > > > > > > Annelise > > > > > > > > If you have a bad line in fstab for mounting /, you may have to > > > > type /sbin/smount /dev/ad0s1a / instead of mount -u / > > -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: BSDmall.com and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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