Re: Unable to mount / in read - write mode

2008-11-05 Thread Popof Popof
I can't install FreeBSD 7 from scratch because this is a laptop and the CD drive is dead. Also as this is a laptop I don't have any floopy drive. I have found this thread talking about the same problem: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2006-01/msg00095.html But the

RE: Unable to mount / in read - write mode

2008-11-05 Thread Bob McConnell
On Behalf Of Popof Popof I can't install FreeBSD 7 from scratch because this is a laptop and the CD drive is dead. Also as this is a laptop I don't have any floopy drive. Any chance you have a docking station for that laptop with a NIC that supports PXE? Could you do a network boot and

Re: Unable to mount / in read - write mode

2008-11-05 Thread Mel
On Wednesday 05 November 2008 14:50:05 Popof Popof wrote: I can't install FreeBSD 7 from scratch because this is a laptop and the CD drive is dead. Is it possible you installed the base system (make installworld), without having installed the kernel (make installkernel)? If that's the case,

Re: Unable to mount / in read - write mode

2008-11-05 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Popof Popof [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The kernel used is a GENERIC one from 6.0. / is mounted but in read-only mode and I can use it in single user mode. The mount command has been created on October 26 2008 and I hadn't start my laptop since one year so I'm sure that this comes from my

Re: Unable to mount / in read - write mode

2008-11-05 Thread Popof Popof
My laptop has a bootable NIC but I would like to avoid a network installation. I think that I forget to make the installkernel step. I can say that I'm using kernel 6.0 thanks to the output at the start of boot process. I have another old box with a FreeBSD 6.0 kernel so I'll try tonight to get

Re: Unable to mount / in read - write mode

2008-11-04 Thread Roey Dror
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Popof Popof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know where but I made a mistake and I am always booting on the 6.0 kernel. Are you using the GENERIC kernel or a custom one? -- Roey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Unable to mount / in read - write mode

2008-11-04 Thread mdh
--- On Tue, 11/4/08, Popof Popof [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Popof Popof [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Unable to mount / in read - write mode To: FreeBSD Questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 1:57 PM Hi, I recently tried to update my FreeBSD 6.0 to FreeBSD

Re: Unable to mount / in read - write mode

2008-11-04 Thread Popof Popof
The kernel used is a GENERIC one from 6.0. / is mounted but in read-only mode and I can use it in single user mode. The mount command has been created on October 26 2008 and I hadn't start my laptop since one year so I'm sure that this comes from my update. Using mount command manually failed: