Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 11:53:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com> To: Martin Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mounting/unmounting disks Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980831115238.15824B-100000@vnode> In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19980831111741.0090b4b0@honk.org>
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It you accidentally umount a normally mounted partition, you can type 'mount -a' and it will remount all the drives you normally have mounted. It finds them in /etc/fstab like it does at boot up and then mounts them. -Chris On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Martin Poulin wrote: > A word of caution to anyone considering playing around > with mount/umount without really understanding what you > are doing - > > DON'T!!! > > Thankfully I had my important files backed up, but > boy-oh-boy what a weekend it's been. > > I learned a few things though, so it wasn't a total loss. > (like don't unmount your /usr directory - I don't know > how I managed to do that, but I did.) > > 2 installs later (don't ask) and I have my system almost > back to where it was. > > M. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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