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Subject: Re: i messed up,
	need to do fsck and also uncomment the /usr line if /etc/fstab
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Henry Olyer <henry.olyer@gmail.com> writes:

> I had an old FBSD 7.2 CD. good enough for this I thought.
>
> I booted from that but now I need to mount the file systems on my hard
> drive.  How do I do that?
>
> I agree,, once I get the /etc file system mounted I can edit the file.
>
> Okay, next..
>
> How do I do an fsck on the /usr file system when coming up?

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