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Date:      Fri, 2 Aug 1996 23:25:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Mark Stout <mcs@cwo.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Root FS read only during install
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960802232529.535W-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199608011549.IAA06436@cwo.com>

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On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Mark Stout wrote:

> I'm trying to install a fresh copy of FBSD (2.1 or 2.1.5) and when it mounts
> the root file system, it's mounted 'read only' and doesn't appear to be
> writing the data to disk, so it
> panics when it's suppose to mount the root file system. 

YOu had a failed install.  Use DOS FDISK to blow away the FreeBSD slice
and try again.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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