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> Subject: Re: installed ATA RAID, now cannot boot - get mountroot
prompt
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> "DA Forsyth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > I'm searching the web for answers on this too, but so far nothing
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"DA Forsyth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm searching the web for answers on this too, but so far nothing
> useful. hard to know what question to ask the search engines!
"I made a mistake in rc.conf, or another startup file, and now I
cannot edit it because the filesystem is read-only. What
Try this. Get to the shell prompt and run:
ed /etc/fstab
1,$s/ad0/da0/
w
q
Then reboot the system.
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 12:53 pm, DA Forsyth wrote:
> Hiya all
>
> I'm searching the web for answers on this too, but so far nothing
> useful. hard to know what question to ask the search e
You could try using the ed editor which should be located on the root
partition for just this reason. Or, manually mount the usr partition when
you get to the shell prompt so you have access to other editors such as vi.
Hopefully you know what partition the usr file system is on (ie da0s1e) an
Hiya all
I'm searching the web for answers on this too, but so far nothing
useful. hard to know what question to ask the search engines!
anyhow, the situation:
I installed 5.2.1-R some time back as a start to making a new server.
I used a 40 and an 80 Gb IDE drive plugged into the motherboard
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