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From: Cheng Jin <chengjin@engin.umich.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: mount root fs r/w in single user mode?
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 1997 22:18:58 -0400
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Hello, all.

Is it possible to mount the root file system read and write in the
single user mode.  It ought to be a reasonably feature, but I can't
get it working (when the root fs is clean).

Thanks

Cheng