Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 08:17:39 -0400 From: "Doug Reynolds" <mav@wastegate.net> To: "Andy Farkas" <andyf@speednet.com.au>, "Joshua Oreman" <oremanj@www.get-linux.org> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: need help repairing this system... mount issues Message-ID: <20030521122109.21E3B48463@wastegate.net> In-Reply-To: <20030519112814.P93323-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au>
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On Mon, 19 May 2003 11:31:33 +1000 (EST), Andy Farkas wrote: >On Sun, 18 May 2003, Joshua Oreman wrote: > >> Before you do that, why not try this? >> Booting [kernel] in 9 seconds... [space] >> ok boot -s >> [snip] >> mountroot> ufs:/dev/ad4s1a >> [snip] >> # mount -uw / >> # cd /dev && sh MAKEDEV ad4 >> # mount -a >> >> The key command is 'mount -uw /'. This tells the system to remount / >> read-write. It does not need the device file used to mount the >> partition. >> > >Wont work because / is mounted on ad4s1a and it wont let you remount it. > >I believe the initial ro mount of / is magical. last time that happened to me, i had to use the FIXIT cd and fsck it manually and stuff --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net
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