Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 10:25:22 GMT From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: dinosaur@igcom.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ro mount of root_device in single-user Message-ID: <199606271025.KAA00720@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199606270502.AAA00952@terra.igcom.net> (message from One Kosher Pickle on Thu, 27 Jun 1996 00:02:10 -0500 (CDT))
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> After being informed by the folks in #freebsd that the root_device, when > booted in single-user mode, is supposed to be read-write, I have a > question.. For some reason, when booting the kernel with the -s option > (therefore booting single-user) my root_device is mounted as read-only. I > can't figure out why...any idea what's wrong? No, this is how it should work. If something goes wrong during the boot process, the system will start up in single-user mode to give you a chance to fix it, and mounting the root partition read-only prevents it from being trashed by whatever's causing the problem. Not to mention the possibility of finger-slips by the sysadmin 8-) -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk
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