Crazie!

Try:

	mount /dev/sd3a /

and see what happens.

Specifically, check your dmesg output, and note the line

root on sd<something> type ffs

That's what you need in /etc/fstab.

On Tue, 30 Jul 2002, Will wrote:

# Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 20:17:23 -0700
# From: Will <admin@killaz-r-us.com>
# To: "port-sparc@netbsd.org" <port-sparc@netbsd.org>,
#      john heasley <heas@shrubbery.net>
# Subject: Re: New SparcStation 10 1.5.x install
#
# When I do a 'mount /usr/dev/sd0a /' I get the following
#
# mount_ffs: /usr/dev/sd0a on /: specified device does not match mounted device
#
# On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 20:09:17 -0700, john heasley wrote:
#
# >looks like just / (sd0a) is mounted read-only.  maybe the device file
# >(/dev/sd0a) is missing or corrupted?  if so, you might try the following
# >
# >cd /usr
# >mkdir dev
# >cd dev
# >sh /dev/MAKEDEV sd0
# >mount /usr/dev/sd0a /
# >cd /dev
# >sh MAKEDEV sd0
# >reboot
# >
# >the error will not appear in dmesg, but should have been seen at boot
# >time.
# >
# >Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 08:01:39PM -0700, Will:
# >> /dev/sd0a / ffs rw 1 1
# >> /dev/sd0b none swap sw 0 0
# >> /dev/sd0g /usr ffs rw 1 2
# >> /kern /kern kernfs rw
# >>
# >> when I do a 'df' I get
# >>
# >> root_device 32159 20962 9589 68% /
# >> /dev/sd0g 1489402 153377 1261554 10% /usr
# >> kernfs 1 1 0 100% /kern
# >>
# >> when I do a 'mount' I get
# >>
# >> root_device on / type ffs (local, read-only)
# >> /dev/sd0g on /usr type ffs (local)
# >> kernfs on /kern type kernfs (local)
# >>
# >> dmesg has no errors at all.....
# >>
# >> On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 02:23:37 GMT, Christos Zoulas wrote:
# >>
# >> >In article <0H0300GVPBGW4X@mta7.pltn13.pbi.net>,
# >> >Will <admin@killaz-r-us.com> wrote:
# >> >>I have installed 1.5.2 and 1.5.3 on my SS10 w/ ROSS 125Mhz and everytime
# >> >>it boots, it mounts everything as read-only. What am I doin wrong ?!?
# >> >
# >> >what's on /etc/fstab?
# >> >
# >> >christos
# >> >
# >>
# >>
# >> Thank You,
# >> 		Owner/Admin, William
# >> 		KRU
# >>
# >
#
#
# Thank You,
# 		Owner/Admin, William
# 		KRU
#
#
#


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