> From: Lars Hecking:
> 
> Paul Andrews writes:
> > What can be done when NetBSD gets a really bad error on
> > startup and drops you into the shell? It seems to mount
> > everything read only so I cannot fix anything. It
> 
>  mount -u <filesystem>

Will this work on / though, as it is already mounted?
If I have to umount / first then I doubt I will be able to
re-mount it. I need / to be rw because fstab is in /etc.

> > I mount the usr partition (mount /usr) and try to run
> > vi it fails because it can't create it's temp file. And
> 
>  ed is your friend in this situation. It's not too difficult
>  to use for simple edits. email me back if you need a quick hands-on
>  tutorial into ed :)
>  The other alternative:
> 
> # cd /etc
> # cat fstab
> ...
> # echo "the new fstab line" >>fstab
> 
>  If you make a mistake, you lose fstab, so be careful. Maybe make
>  a backup copy first.
> 
> 
>  -l
> 
> -- 
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>                 -- Jeff Berner
>