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Date:      Sun, 27 May 2001 09:11:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Scott Nolde <scott@mediaone.net>
To:        Kenji Tozaki <ktozaki@pacificwind.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Problem with vi and gateway
Message-ID:  <20010527091031.N2163-100000@bsd.smnolde.com>
In-Reply-To: <000e01c0e68a$ae28d200$37323c04@cumine500>

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When you mount in single user mode, type
mount -u -o rw /

Then you'll be able to mount the root partition as read/write.

- Scott

On Sun, 27 May 2001, Kenji Tozaki wrote:

> Three questions:
>
> Q1:
> I screwed up rc.conf.  I needed to edit it by login as a single user.  When I start a vi session, this is what I get:
>     ex/vi:  Error:  Unable to create temporary file:  Read-only file system
> How can I start vi session so that I can modify rc.conf?
>
> Q2:
> I was trying to configure connectivity with the Internet.  I entered this statement:
>     #  route add default 4.50.48.1
>
> Then, I verified my entry by typing:
>     #  netstat -rn
>
> I believe I SHOULD see like this:
>     Destination    Gateway    Flags    Refs    Use    Netif Expire
>     default            4.50.48.1    UGSc    4        72        ed1
>
> Problem is I don't see it.  I'm assuming the gateway is not honored.  Why?
>
> Q3:
> For kernel configuration, what is the following?
>     device        miibus
>
> Thx for help.
>
> Kenji
>
>
>

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