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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Nadav To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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