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
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
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,
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
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
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?
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--- 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
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: