Subject: Re: read-only file system???
To: The Great Mr. Kurtz [David A. Gatwood] <davagatw@mars.utm.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/08/1997 17:59:31
> 
> On Tue, 7 Jan 1997, Manny-inki-Ramirez wrote:
> 
> > I've gotten NetBSD to boot but when I try to make any changes or even make
> > a dir I get a "read-only file system." I've looked everywhere on the web
> > and installation instructions but the doc's seem pretty limited. Any help
> > greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Please see item 5.4 in the FAQ on "http://www.macbsd.com/macbsd/macbsd-docs/
faq/faq-5.html#ss5.4".

> first, type 'mount', so that it will show you what device is mounted on
> root.  Then, type 'mount -u /dev/sdxx' but replace the xx with the device
> as given from the invocation of mount before it.  Either that, or just
> type exit to boot into multi-user mode.

I've always found at this point that the current device is "root device",
not the "/dev/sdXX" name. If /etc/fstab is set up right, then
"mount -u /" should work.

Take care,

Bill