Help with rc.conf error, read-only file system
I've been away from FreeBSD for a while and I just loaded 5.3 and inavertently made an error in rc.conf. Now when I boot up the file system is read-only and I haven't been able to edit rc.conf to correct the simple mistake. Any help would be appreciated. Michael G. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help with rc.conf error, read-only file system
I've been away from FreeBSD for a while and I just loaded 5.3 and inavertently made an error in rc.conf. Now when I boot up the file system is read-only and I haven't been able to edit rc.conf to correct the simple mistake. Any help would be appreciated. mount -a to attempt mounting all filesystems. Use fsck -y on the ones mount refuses to do. These days background fsck usually applies automatically meanwhile one gets to use the filesystems instantly. Just for fun you can type mount by itself at any time to list mounted filesystems and some interesting properties such as R/W and softupdates. Manually you could remount root with mount / to make it R/W. Then mount /usr so as to have vi, which will complain (but still function) about /var not being mounted and therefore no backup copy for crash recovery. Use exit to resume multiuser boot out of single user. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help with rc.conf error, read-only file system
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 30 November 2004 23:22, Michael G. wrote: I've been away from FreeBSD for a while and I just loaded 5.3 and inavertently made an error in rc.conf. Now when I boot up the file system is read-only and I haven't been able to edit rc.conf to correct the simple mistake. Any help would be appreciated. # mount -a -t ufs - -- Christian Hiris [EMAIL PROTECTED] | OpenPGP KeyID 0x3BCA53BE OpenPGP-Key at hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net and http://pgp.mit.edu -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBrPy809WjGjvKU74RAqxLAJ9ptl4tkDcKZIk4qyQ2D4QMM4ZJmwCfS/Bq AdDF8C3sPx/dOk+YMYyS/Tg= =7GI1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help with rc.conf error, read-only file system
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:04:03 -0600 (CST), David Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been away from FreeBSD for a while and I just loaded 5.3 and inavertently made an error in rc.conf. Now when I boot up the file system is read-only and I haven't been able to edit rc.conf to correct the simple mistake. Any help would be appreciated. Once you reach the single-user shell prompt, do this: mount -u / (changes root filesystem from read-only to read/write) mount -a (attempts to mount any other filesystems in /etc/fstab) If any filesystem fails to mount, run fsck -y on it, then try mounting it again. mount -a to attempt mounting all filesystems. Use fsck -y on the ones mount refuses to do. These days background fsck usually applies automatically meanwhile one gets to use the filesystems instantly. Not in single-user mode it doesn't. Just for fun you can type mount by itself at any time to list mounted filesystems and some interesting properties such as R/W and softupdates. Manually you could remount root with mount / to make it R/W. Then mount/usr so as to have vi, which will complain (but still function) about/var not being mounted and therefore no backup copy for crash recovery. Use exit to resume multiuser boot out of single user. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Conrad J. Sabatier [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- In Unix veritas ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Read-Only file system
I appear to have hosed myself and having trouble finding out what I do and how to fix it. It appears that many of my file-systems are now saying they are read-only and I can't do anything with them, even when I login as root. I'm still learning so not a production mess. Can someone point to me how a file system can become Read-Only, the file permissions are fine. Also can this be repaired if so what should I be reading to learn to do that. TIA, Steve B. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Read-Only file system
- Original Message - From: steveb99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 4:28 PM Subject: Read-Only file system I appear to have hosed myself and having trouble finding out what I do and how to fix it. It appears that many of my file-systems are now saying they are read-only and I can't do anything with them, even when I login as root. I'm still learning so not a production mess. Can someone point to me how a file system can become Read-Only, the file permissions are fine. Also can this be repaired if so what should I be reading to learn to do that. TIA, Steve B. First thing I would look at would be to make sure that the settings in /etc/fstab are configured to be mount your slices as read write (rw) instead of read only (r). Your /etc/fstab should have entries similar to the one below. This would be a normal one. /dev/da0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 Where you see rw, if that is an r only, then the file system will be mounted as read only and cause your problem. -- Micheal Patterson Senior Communications Systems Engineer 405-917-0600 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
