Subject: Re: New install
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: John Kelly <jkelly3@mediaone.net>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/06/2000 00:00:25
thanks for your help.

i used
mount -u -o rw /
mount /usr
export TERM=vt220
vi rc.conf

made the changes and hit x which brought me into multiuser mode. again
thanks for your help.
----- Original Message -----
From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
To: John Kelly <jkelly3@mediaone.net>
Cc: <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: New install


> > I just installed netbsd on my alpha.  after the install and reboot,
> > it comes up in single user mode.  i can cd into /etc but i cannot run
> > ed rc.conf
> > the error is ed: /tmp/ed.00010a: Read-only file system
>
> > according to the install.html at
> > ftp.netbsd.org/pub/netbsd/netbsd-1.4.1/alpha
>
> > If you haven't done any configuration of /etc/rc.conf, the system
> > will drop you into single user mode on first reboot with the message
> > /etc/rc.conf is not configured. Multiuser boot aborted.
> > and with the root filesystem mounted read-write.
>
> It would appear the web page lies. :-(
>
> > how do i change to read-write?
>
> Look for the "root on..." line shortly after the device probe messages.
> Let's say it says "root on sd0a...".  Then
>
> # mount /dev/sd0a /
>
> or if that doesn't work, you might try
>
> # mount_ffs -o update /dev/sd0a /
>
> If not even that works, let us know what does happen.....  (Best would
> be if you could connect up a serial console to another machine and
> capture the output; failing that, at least the "root on..." lines, the
> command(s) you tried, and what resulted....)
>
> der Mouse
>
>        mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca
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