karen wrote:
> 
> 	im tryin to get netbsd to run on my mac 2ci.  I partioned my drive
> correctly, installed the file system, installed the kernal and the extra
> files, and booted.  problem is, i cant get anything done cause it says
> the file system is read only.  i tryed "mount -aw" but it says  "the
> device does not match the mounted device"  any help would be greatly
> appreciated. 

Take a look at the FAQ.  It has the answers to a number of FAQ's,
including this one:

http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/mac68k/faq/

or

http://www.macbsd.com/macbsd/macbsd-docs/faq/

> BTW, i am booting off an external SCSI HD.  could this
> have anything to do with the problem?  thanx

Nope, you're in single-user mode and need to go multi-user (just type exit
and it'll do it for you).

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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