Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 11:44:32 -0500 From: "Jonathan Arnold" <jdarnold@buddydog.org> To: "Noel Balansag" <pongkee@arnet.com.ar>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help needed. how to re-mount / in rw mode. Message-ID: <200203301144320965.145A1A7A@mail.attbi.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.20020330112329.00683c00@pop3.arnet.com.ar> References: <3.0.32.20020330112329.00683c00@pop3.arnet.com.ar>
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>i experimented on editing /etc/fstab and mounted / in ro mode, and now, i
>cannot edit anything even as root. short of re-installing fbsd, is there
>any other way to re-mount / in rw mode?
1] Boot into single user mode by entering -s at the Boot: prompt
2] Use 'sh' for your shell if/when prompted
3] At the prompt type:
# mount -u /
This should mount the root filesystem read/write. Then you can edit=
/etc/fstab
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Jonathan Arnold (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org)
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