Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-18 Thread Thomas Mueller
On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:29:26 -0400 Sam Fourman Jr. sfour...@gmail.com wrote: mount -o rw / That would need to be mount -u -o rw / Steve O'Hara-Smith st...@sohara.org I think you could shorten that to mount -uw / Is that correct? Tom

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-18 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. sfour...@gmail.com wrote: mount -o rw / That would need to be mount -u -o rw / Steve O'Hara-Smith st...@sohara.org I think you could shorten

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-17 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 10:29:26 -0400 Sam Fourman Jr. sfour...@gmail.com wrote: mount -o rw / That would need to be mount -u -o rw / -- Steve O'Hara-Smith st...@sohara.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread atar
Hi there! Is there any way to enable persistence between reboots when using FreeBSD from a USB stick? Thanks in advance! atar. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Mon, 16 Sep 2013 15:20:00 - atar atar.yo...@gmail.com 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 st...@sohara.org

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

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 1:25 PM, atar atar.yo...@gmail.com 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

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread Lowell Gilbert
atar atar.yo...@gmail.com 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

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

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread Adam Vande More
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 3:58 PM, atar atar.yo...@gmail.com wrote: the text in your citation doesn't appear in the following URL: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/**man.cgi?query=mountapropos=0**

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 freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org wrote: atar atar.yo...@gmail.com writes: Will the 'mount -o rw /' command work although the filesystem has already been mounted as

Re: persistence in freeBSD

2013-09-16 Thread Lowell Gilbert
atar atar.yo...@gmail.com 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

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=mountapropos=0sektion=0manpath=FreeBSD+9.1-RELEASEarch=i386format=html However, Thanks for the citation. Regards, atar. Lowell Gilbert freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org write: atar

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