Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 17:09:10 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@pike.osd.bsdi.com> To: Sudhindra Bengeri <bengeri@torrentnet.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: booting single usr mode: / was not properly dismounted Message-ID: <200007260009.RAA13349@pike.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.1000725195840.25244B-100000@castillo.torrentnet.com> from Sudhindra Bengeri at "Jul 25, 2000 07:58:50 pm"
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Sudhindra Bengeri wrote: > Sorry, I had a typo in my prev posting. I had written > > "the root-device is not mounted read-only" it should have been > "the root-device is now mounted read-only". > > Rgds, > Sudhin # fsck / # mount -u -o rw / > On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Sudhindra Bengeri wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > The primary kernel file, /kernel has some problem, I have a backup of this > > file on the /home filesystem. The other kernel file that I have in the > > root device fails to boot in the multiuser mode. > > > > I tried entering the single user mode, by > > > > boot: /kernel.ORIG -s > > > > This boots up but gives the following warning > > > > WARNING: / was not properly dismounted > > > > the root-device is not mounted read-only. Is there any way by which I can > > dismount this read-only filesystem and mount it as read-write. > > > > Thanks in anticipation. > > > > Regards, > > Sudhin -- John Baldwin <jhb@bsdi.com> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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