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From: "Philip J. Koenig" <pjklist@ekahuna.com>
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Subject: Re: Can't mount /
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Cc: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
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On 20 May 2002, at 17:42, Odhiambo Washington boldly uttered: 

> * Philip J. Koenig <pjklist@ekahuna.com> [20020520 10:06]: wrote:
> > Made a mistake in /etc/fstab.  Thought I could boot single-user and 
> > fix it, but I can't mount / read-write because it claims the root 
> > device isn't found?
> > 
> > 
> > > Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
> > > #adjkerntz -i
> > >
> > > # mount -u -o rw /
> > > mount: da0s2a: No such file or directory
> > >
> > > # mount
> > > da0s2a on / (ufs, local, read-only)
> > >
> > > # mount -u /dev/da0s2a
> > > mount: not currently mounted /dev/da0s2a
> > > #
> > 
> > ???????????
> > 
> > Tried to boot with the fixit CD, same problem!
> > 
> > This is making my brain hurt..
> 
> Jeez, and what does mount say when you do
> 
> umount /
> mount -u /


I dunno.  Ghost in the machine I guess.  A little while later I typed 
the commands that previously didn't work, and they worked.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Phil


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Philip J. Koenig                                       pjklist@ekahuna.com
Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium


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