Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:32:34 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: caijj@trans.hk.hi.cn Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: read-only filesystem? Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9903080930350.3079-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199903070400.MAA08835@trans.hk.hi.cn.>
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On Sun, 7 Mar 1999 caijj@trans.hk.hi.cn wrote:
> Hi, Gurus:
> I modified the "/etc/fstab", then the system can't normally start up.
> I want to recover the "/etc/fstab", but the system said "/" was "read-only
> filesystem". I boot with installation floppy, and run "disklabel", but
> it didn't work. How can I recover the "/etc/fstab"?
Boot single user.
# mount -u /
This will change your read-only filesystem to read-write. You may have
to mount the other file-systems manually to enable programs like
vi(1).
Jonathan Chen
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