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Date:      Tue, 4 Nov 1997 01:04:46 +0100 (MET)
From:      Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@Informatik.BA-Stuttgart.DE>
To:        gerard@dimensional.com (Gerard Giamberdine)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Boot manager and switching hard drives (part 2)
Message-ID:  <199711040004.BAA03819@rvc1.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.96.971103081840.29744B-100000@flatland.dimensional.com> from Gerard Giamberdine at "Nov 3, 97 08:29:33 am"

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> Ok. It finds the root and enters the emergency shell. However I'm unable

Probably, because the entries in /etc/fstab don't mirror you new
configuration.

> to edit any files or remake the devices (message- Read only file system) -

Do a 
	mount -rw -u /dev/wd2a
This will allow you to write on the root partition.

> like I don't actually have root permissions. Also, vi complains 'unknown
> terminal type' and won't start - is this the TERM variable (and what
> should it be set to)?. Thanks again for your help!

TERM=cons25

Wolfgang



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