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Date:      Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:17:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Marco Shaw <marco@nbnet.nb.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: MOUNTING in fixit mode
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980603001655.22038q-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000501bd8e16$5a2d8800$0a22a10a@ipo10161034010.nbtel.net>

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On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, Marco Shaw wrote:

> I've had to enter fixit mode to fix a mistake I made with my system.  I
> tried via the fixit diskette, and the 'live file system' cd, but once in, I
> can't figure out how to mount the / partition.
> 
> If I try 'df -k', I get something like:
> 
> root_device xx xx xx /
> /dev/fd0	xx xx xx /mnt2
> 
> Should I be typing something like:
> 
> mount /dev/wd0s3 /
> 
> to mount the proper partition?

That's a bit extra.  You can see fstab, so just run:

mount -u /
mount -a

to bring all your filesystems back.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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