Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 13:20:43 +0100 From: Adam Nealis <adamn@criterion.canon.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MAKEDEV on ro wd Message-ID: <35BC709B.1E0AEAEB@csl.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.00.9807242242310.513-100000@guerilla.foo.bar>
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Hi, Sascha Schumann wrote:[snip] > o I forgot to change /etc/fstab (still pointing to wd2*) > o /dev/wd1s1[a-f] does not exists (and I cannot get rw access to the > system to use MAKEDEV) > > So, when booting in FreeBSD, I get this kind of rescue shell where the > root fs /dev/wd1s1 is mounted read only. How do I get around this? mount > doesn't know a "-o remount" option and a "mount root_device /" bumps on me > with a "cannot remount read-writable...run fsck manually". > > Is there any way I can avoid playing with the hds again? I ran into a similar problem last week. It was, in effect, that I had updated my kernel sauce to 2.2.6 and there was a difference in the format of /etc/fstab between 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 that caused me to get a recue shell as well. Where my root partition was /dev/wd0sa / ufs rw #2.2.5 /etc/fstab entry I had to change it to /dev/wd0s1a / ufs rw #2.2.6 version To check the partition is OK, try this mkdir /mnt/bootdisk mount /mnt/bootdisk /dev/wd01s1a (you might have to fsck it first!). If it mounts, you know the disk is fine (Phew!), and it could be your /etc/fstab. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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