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Date:      Wed, 18 Feb 1998 16:29:16 +0200
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: mounting the live FS CD
Message-ID:  <34EAF03C.5503@barcode.co.il>
References:  <199802181420.OAA21800@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>

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Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> 
> I booted the live FS CD of 2.2.5R in order to fix a problem (resp.
> access some partittion to make a backup and then reinstall the system).
> 
> Since the root_device is mounted read-only I see no way to
> make it read/writable (mount -u /dev/wd0a / or somethingf
> doesn't seem to work).

Sure, because there's something else mounted there. If what you want to
do is mount *your* regular root filesystem read/write, simply mount it
in another directory, like so:

mount /dev/wd0s1a /mnt

> 
> Also I got into an endless loop with the only escape pressing the reset
> button while editing the file /tmp/doc.tmp. BTW, is it an 'accident'
> that this file is there in /tmp? What has it got to do in /tmp on the CD?

Don't know.

> 
> Or is the root_fs a memory filesystem? Anyway, I'd be grateful for the
> magic command line to make the root FS read/writable with the
> live FS CD mounted in fixit mode.
> 
> --
> Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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