Try `mount -u /'

When you go into single user mode, / is mounted read-only.  You need to
remount it read-write and the `-u' tells it to do the right thing.

Dave

> On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Patrick Welche wrote:
> 
> > mount /dev/sd0a /
> > 
> tried this and only got:
> 
>  ffs: /dev/sd0a on /: specified device does not match mounted device
> 
> I don't get it...any more ideas?