Subject: Re: The usage of NetBSD
To: None <mike.long@analog.com>
From: Colin Wood <ender@is.rice.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/16/1996 17:47:03
> >I had succeffully installed and run the NetBSD 1.1 on my Machintosh IIsi
> >machine but many command cannot be performed and the System echo me a message
> >of that is a "Read only System". The problem let me cannot to "mkdir" "chmod"
> >and also the "vi" also cannot be run.
> 
> If the message is something like:
> 
> /xxx: Read-only file system
> 
> Then you can fix the problem for the moment by issuing the command (as
> root):
> 
> # mount -u /xxx
> 
> See the mount(8) man page for details.
> 
> For a permanent fix, look for a line in the /etc/fstab file that says:
> 
> /dev/yyy	/xxx	4.2	rw	1 1
> 
> If it says "ro" instead of "rw", replace the "ro" with "rw".  See the
> fstab(5) man page for details.

Actually, my guess would be that you are still in single-user mode.  Try 
typing exit at the prompt and see if it continues to boot into multi-user.

Hope this helps.

Later.

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Colin Wood                                      ender@is.rice.edu
Consultant                                        Rice University
Information Technology Services                       Houston, TX