Re: booting single, writable?
On Sun, Dec 21, 1997 at 03:33:59PM -0800, Ken Gaugler wrote: I got a new motherboard and CPU (triton III with a Cyrix PR200MMX) and of course there are problems booting now. It looks to me like if I can disable XDM, I can get a handle on fixing things up. However, booting from a floppy using emergency root=/dev/hda4 I cannot move the XDM inits because the disk is mounted read-only. What is the correct startup method to be able to write/change the hard drive? Once you are logged in with emergency, run mount -o remount,rw -n / which will remount / as read-write, and not note this (-n) in /etc/mtab, which isn't writable yet anyway. Then when you are done you should mount -o remount,ro -n / before continuing with booting (which will expect a read-only root partition so it can run fsck) or rebooting. Maybe run sync a few times for good measure too. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: booting single, writable?
George Bonser wrote: One trick is NOT to use emergency mode. The better way is to do: mount -n -o rw,remount / Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. - John Morley ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: booting single, writable?
On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Ken Gaugler wrote: : Hi Folks. : : I got a new motherboard and CPU (triton III with a Cyrix PR200MMX) and : of course there are problems booting now. It looks to me like if I can : disable XDM, I can get a handle on fixing things up. : : However, booting from a floppy using emergency root=/dev/hda4 I : cannot move the XDM inits because the disk is mounted read-only. : : What is the correct startup method to be able to write/change the hard : drive? mount -n -o remount,rw / The -n tells mount to avoid updated /etc/mtab, since it is (in this case) currently read only. I think you can guess what the other options do. : : Thank You : -- : Ken Gaugler N6OSK URL: http://www.wco.com/~keng/ : The life of a Repo Man is ALWAYS INTENSE... : -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 phone: (605) 334-4454 fax: (605) 335-1173 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net PGP Key ID: 0xA33B86E9 - Public key available at keyservers PGP Key fingerprint: CE03 10AF 3281 1858 9D32 C2AB 936D C472 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
booting single, writable?
Hi Folks. I got a new motherboard and CPU (triton III with a Cyrix PR200MMX) and of course there are problems booting now. It looks to me like if I can disable XDM, I can get a handle on fixing things up. However, booting from a floppy using emergency root=/dev/hda4 I cannot move the XDM inits because the disk is mounted read-only. What is the correct startup method to be able to write/change the hard drive? Thank You -- Ken Gaugler N6OSK URL: http://www.wco.com/~keng/ The life of a Repo Man is ALWAYS INTENSE... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
