From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 26 16:25:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5175137B41B for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:25:38 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 10937 invoked from network); 27 Mar 2002 00:25:37 -0000 Received: from dap-216-151-64-72.nfas.greensburg-tnt-2.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (216.151.64.72) by smtp1.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 27 Mar 2002 00:25:37 -0000 Received: from MOTHER (mother.wg.local [192.168.1.2]) by wastegate.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4E1148425; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 19:28:07 -0500 (EST) From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , "Lisa Williams" Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 19:22:42 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2472) For Windows 2000 (5.1.2600) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Rescue CD question (newbie) Message-Id: <20020327002807.E4E1148425@wastegate.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 08:22:03 -0800, Lisa Williams wrote: >I screwed up my /etc/fstab file. I copied an fstab file from a floppy and >without checking to make sure it was properly copied, I rebooted. Now I >can't boot. > >How do I use the rescue disc to mount the partitions? I've tried going to >the fixit: prompt and typing: mount /(no good), mount dev/ad0s1a (no good).. >mount /usr/ ( doesn't work either) > >How do I mount the hard drive, or does someone have a url I can go to to get >information I need? try mount /dev/ad0s1a / but first, you need to establish why it won't boot. any error messages? --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 7FEC 10AA 056B F8DE AC1E 6965 FBBE 9601 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message