On Sun, 8 Jun 1997, Ken Nakata wrote:

> Yes, go read the FAQ at http://www.macbsd.com/macbsd/macbsd-docs/.
> Ok, it's because you booted the system in single-user mode.  Normally
> a system is operational in multi-user mode, which, in case of mac68k,
> is configurable in the Booter's [Options][Boot] dialog box.
> 
> > The first thing the system reported (after the usual technical
> > details was that it couldn't find the /etc/rc file. Maybe something
> > wrong here? Please
> 
> Did you install etc121?  I think that's the reason.

It's also the reason the filesystem's readonly, since /etc/rc contains the
mount -a command that mounts everything.  :-)

A lot of important setup and stuff is handled in /etc/rc.  You should
definitely instal that, at least (etc121 or whatever version). 


Cheers,
David