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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!claris!szebra!David.Fox From: David.Fox@Saigon.COM Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: HELP, my fs is read-only Message-ID: <1992Sep20.204408.12847@Saigon.COM> Date: 20 Sep 92 20:44:08 GMT Organization: Station Zebra Corp, Sunnyvale CA Ph:408-739-1520 Lines: 16 Help! I need some help rather quick here. I was doing some configuration and I seemingly accidentally wiped out my /etc/rc file. As a result of this, the thing now boots with 386bsd (Amnesiac) (console), shows the login: prompt, and I login, and suddenly the whole filesystem is read-only. I thought about trying to mread the individual disks, and cpio'ing them until I found one that had the /etc/rc file, but I cannot copy the files onto my file system if it's read only. 1) Should I get the fixit.fs? Would it help? 2) I DO NOT want to reinstall. I've done some - a great deal, I suppose of modifications to this fs and I haven't even figured out a good and reliable backup scheme yet. Help. Please email suggestions or if you can call me anytime at area code (408) 253 7992.