Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-17 Thread Trond Endrestøl
On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 06:30-, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:29:26 -0400 > > "Sam Fourman Jr." wrote: > > > > mount -o rw / > > > That would need to be > > > mount -u -o rw / > > > Steve O'Hara-Smith > > I think you could shorten that to > > moun

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-17 Thread Thomas Mueller
> On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:29:26 -0400 > "Sam Fourman Jr." wrote: > > mount -o rw / > That would need to be > mount -u -o rw / > Steve O'Hara-Smith I think you could shorten that to mount -uw / Is that correct? Tom ___ fre

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-17 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:29:26 -0400 "Sam Fourman Jr." wrote: > mount -o rw / That would need to be mount -u -o rw / -- Steve O'Hara-Smith ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questi

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:32:43 -, atar wrote: > What does the '-u' option do? I've not find in the 'mount' man page any > explanation on this option. That's strange. I'm currently looking at "man mount" on a FreeBSD 8.2 system and the following paragraph is readable: -u The -u flag

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread atar
the text in your citation doesn't appear in the following URL: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=mount&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASE&arch=i386&format=html However, Thanks for the citation. Regards, atar. Lowell Gilbert write: atar writes: What does the '-u' optio

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread Lowell Gilbert
atar writes: > > What does the '-u' option do? I've not find in the 'mount' man page > any explanation on this option. The man page includes: -u The -u flag indicates that the status of an already mounted file system should be changed. Any of the options discussed above

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread atar
What does the '-u' option do? I've not find in the 'mount' man page any explanation on this option. Lowell Gilbert wrote: atar writes: Will the 'mount -o rw /' command work although the filesystem has already been mounted as readonly? You'll need the "-u" option as well. __

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 3:58 PM, atar wrote: > the text in your citation doesn't appear in the following URL: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/**man.cgi?query=mount&apropos=0&** > sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-**RELEASE&arch=i386&format=html

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread Lowell Gilbert
atar writes: > Will the 'mount -o rw /' command work although the filesystem has > already been mounted as readonly? You'll need the "-u" option as well. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-q

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread atar
Will the 'mount -o rw /' command work although the filesystem has already been mounted as readonly? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-que

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 1:25 PM, atar wrote: > Thanks for replying, Steve. > > As for your question, I mean if it is possible for example to write a file > to the filesystem and that the file will not be deleted on the next boot. > actually, I didn't succeed to write a file to the filesystem bec

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread atar
Thanks for replying, Steve. As for your question, I mean if it is possible for example to write a file to the filesystem and that the file will not be deleted on the next boot. actually, I didn't succeed to write a file to the filesystem because it is automatically mounted as readonly file

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:20:00 - atar wrote: > Is there any way to enable persistence between reboots when using > FreeBSD from a USB stick? What exactly do you mean by "enable persistence between reboots" ? -- Steve O'Hara-Smith ___ freeb