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Date:      Sat, 30 Mar 2002 12:15:03 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Gerald T. Freymann" <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu>
To:        Walter Hop <walter@binity.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: help needed. how to re-mount / in rw mode.
Message-ID:  <20020330121307.N28647-100000@scaryg.shacknet.nu>
In-Reply-To: <200203301536.40831@silver.dt1.binity.net>

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On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Walter Hop wrote:

> [in reply to Noel Balansag, Saturday 30 March 2002 15:23]
>
> > i experimented on editing /etc/fstab and mounted / in ro mode, and now,
> > i cannot edit anything even as root. short of re-installing fbsd, is
> > there any other way to re-mount / in rw mode?
>
> Try:
>
>   mount -o rw /

 Walter:

 What about this goof up...

 Restored / from a dump. It overwrote /etc/fstab... on reboot FreeBSD sees
the device name of a different hd controller..

 I can boot -s

 I can see the list of files

 But it won't let me touch them... I can't "more filename" or edit
anything.

 I need to fix /etc/fstab.... how does one get rw back?




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