Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 12:02:42 -0600 From: Bob Giesen <BobGiesen@earthlink.net> To: trini 0 <gms08701@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I goofed Message-ID: <E16ahGG-0007cd-00@snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20020212171549.50979.qmail@web13104.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020212171549.50979.qmail@web13104.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tuesday 12 February 2002 11:15 am, trini 0 wrote: > Hey all. I have a box with 2 ide hds. freebsd was on > ide2 so I decided to move it to ide1 because I was > adding a burner so cabling would be easier. So I > moved it, and it wouldn't boot because of fstab is > expecting the hd to be ad2. > I changed it back and changed all references of ad2 to > ad0 in fstab. Still it wouldn't boot. Apparently I > didn't make sure the devices under /dev were made. > Now Im stuck with a read-only root partition. Is > there a way where I can have the system boot to > read/write and make those device entries?? > Thanks > Please cc to gms08701@yahoo.com Interrupt the boot (during your 10-second "Hit any key..." period), enter boot -s to boot single user, then "mount -u /" wil change the root-slice mount from ro to rw. -- "I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law." -- David Dinkins, New York City Mayor, answering accusations that he failed to pay his taxes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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