Subject: Re: Why no man or vi?
To: Robin Rowe <rower@MovieEditor.com>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/24/2003 20:51:14
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Robin Rowe wrote:
> > Check if you have /usr/ mounted.
>
> You're right. It isn't mounted. What is the syntax to mount it?
swapctl -A # if you want to use your swap
fsck # just in case
mount -a # mount all in /etc/fstab
TERM=vt100; export TERM # might be needed to use vi
> Why do I need to mount this manually? Why didn't NetBSD take care of it when
> I accepted the defaults offered?
Most likely the installation failed (somewhere). Or your boot failed.
Any messages before you chose (or went into) single user mode?
Maybe you need "rc_configured=YES" appended to your /etc/rc.conf file.
Have fun with NetBSD!
Jeremy C. Reed
http://bsd.reedmedia.net/