From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 5 01:56:05 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5591D1065675 for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:56:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Received: from eastrmfepo102.cox.net (eastrmfepo102.cox.net [68.230.241.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6B438FC15 for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:56:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo210.cox.net ([68.230.241.225]) by eastrmfepo102.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20111105015559.YSIG3808.eastrmfepo102.cox.net@eastrmimpo210.cox.net>; Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:55:59 -0400 Received: from serene.no-ip.org ([98.164.86.236]) by eastrmimpo210.cox.net with bizsmtp id tDvy1h00155wwzE02Dvy3V; Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:55:58 -0400 X-CT-Class: Clean X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A020205.4EB497AE.006C,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=eb/7hJztr6wcfnZUCQTvufzf64xQ9JX7XTLFvRhqo6c= c=1 sm=1 a=Rvd6eg7oGOIA:10 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=uAbGmPAyUfLL1M3oYAsfuA==:17 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=sIMEUL0gwJZiMQzoxHYA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=uAbGmPAyUfLL1M3oYAsfuA==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; none Received: from cox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serene.no-ip.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id pA51tvpR078621; Fri, 4 Nov 2011 20:55:57 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from conrads@cox.net) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 20:55:52 -0500 From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" To: Zantgo Message-ID: <20111104205552.2fcd8771@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <4E4C00D7-1315-4BC5-BEDA-F30DB9A6C2DE@gmail.com> References: <50D1B3A8-E151-4C47-B0E7-CE1D4F1F28AC@gmail.com> <4E4C00D7-1315-4BC5-BEDA-F30DB9A6C2DE@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: Problem with mergemaster-p X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:56:05 -0000 On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 22:14:10 -0300 Zantgo wrote: >=20 >=20 > El 04-11-2011, a las 21:55, Zantgo escribi=F3: >=20 > > I'm trying to upgrade to 9.0 stable, but when I run "mergemaster-p" > > in single mode, I get the following error message: > >=20 > > *** Creating the temporary root environment in / var / tmp / > > temproot mkdir / var / tmp / temproot: Read-only file system > >=20 > > *** FATAL ERROR: Can not create / var / tmp / temproot Before you do anything else, you need to make sure all of your mounted partitions are not in read-only mode. The way I do this is: 1) Boot into single-user mode 2) mount -u / 3) mount -a The "mount -u /" command changes the root partition from read-only (the default mode when you boot single-user) to read-write. The "mount -a" command, of course, mounts all of your partitions. By the way, there's no reason to insert those spaces in your pathnames when you post (like "/ var / tmp / temproot")? Please don't. --=20 Conrad J. Sabatier conrads@cox.net