port-i386: booting in single user mode and hd read only

Subject: booting in single user mode and hd read only
To: Home Address <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Daniel Gallant <dgallant@startech.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/11/2002 12:40:21
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Hello All!=20

I'm fairly new to *nix, and very new to NetBSD. I've installed NetBSD =
1.5.2 on my Toshiba T1950 (486SX-25, 12Mb ram, 202Mb hd) over FTP. The =
installation went smoothly, except when I rebooted the first time. At =
this point I was greeted with a message that the system could not boot =
in multi user mode, only single user mode.=20

After reading further (yes, I RTFM, hopefully I didn't miss the =
solution), I realized I had forgotten to change the rc.conf file to =
'rc_configured=3DYES' and 'wscons=3DYES'. I thought it would be trivial =
to make the changes (silly Dan). When I tried to "vi /etc/rc.conf", I =
discovered the hard drive was mounted in read only mode. I cannot make =
any changes to any files. So, I'm stuck in the old Catch 22; to boot =
properly, I have to change rc.conf, but to change rc.conf, I have to =
boot properly.=20

Here are the things I will try tonight, in this order:=20

At the command prompt, enter "mount -u /" to mount all file systems =
(i.e. the hard drive in this case) as read/write. Then make the changes. =
If this does not work....=20

I plan to make a BSD boot floppy, mount the hard drive, and edit from =
there. If this does not work...=20

Beg for help!!=20

Does anyone have any comments or suggestions as to my next steps?=20

Thank you for your time and any comments.

Daniel Gallant


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<P>Hello All! </P>
<P>I'm fairly new to *nix, and very new to NetBSD. I've installed NetBSD =
1.5.2=20
on my Toshiba T1950 (486SX-25, 12Mb ram, 202Mb hd) over FTP. The =
installation=20
went smoothly, except when I rebooted the first time. At this point I =
was=20
greeted with a message that the system could not boot in multi user =
mode, only=20
single user mode.</FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D3>=20
</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
<P>After reading further (yes, I RTFM, hopefully I didn't miss the =
solution), I=20
realized I had forgotten to change the rc.conf file to </FONT><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>'rc_configured=3DYES'</FONT><FONT =
face=3DArial size=3D2>=20
and 'wscons=3DYES'. I thought it would be trivial to make the changes =
(silly Dan).=20
When I tried to "vi /etc/rc.conf", I discovered the hard drive was =
mounted in=20
read only mode. I cannot make any changes to any files. So, I'm stuck in =
the old=20
Catch 22; to boot properly, I have to change rc.conf, but to change =
rc.conf, I=20
have to boot properly. </P>
<P>Here are the things I will try tonight, in this order:</FONT><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D3> </FONT></P></FONT><FONT =
face=3DArial size=3D2>
<P>At the command prompt, enter "mount -u /" to mount all file systems =
(i.e. the=20
hard drive in this case) as read/write. Then make the changes. If this =
does not=20
work....</FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D3>=20
</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
<P>I plan to make a BSD boot floppy, mount the hard drive, and edit from =
there.=20
If this does not work...</FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT =
size=3D3>=20
</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
<P>Beg for help!!</FONT><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D3>=20
</FONT></P></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
<P>Does anyone have any comments or suggestions as to my next =
steps?</FONT><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D3> </FONT></P></FONT><FONT =
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<P>Thank you for your time and any comments.</FONT><FONT=20
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<P>Daniel Gallant</P></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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