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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!infeed2.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.bellglobal.com!sympatico.ca!not-for-mail From: gbuchanan@on.sympatico.ca (Gardner Buchanan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc Subject: Re: OpenBSD install: read only FS -Help! Date: 19 Jul 1997 16:46:46 GMT Organization: Sympatico Lines: 29 Message-ID: <5qqr1m$keo$2@news1.sympatico.ca> References: <33CEA88B.68F5@minn.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.172.228.199 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.7 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44693 comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc:197 In article <33CEA88B.68F5@minn.net>, Bryan Bluhm <bbluhm@minn.net> writes: > Greetings: > > I have OpenBSD installed on my Mac Quadra 840av. It boots fine > in single or multi user, but, I can't seem to get the file > system config'd for read/write access. > > I am set up with a combined root/user partition on sd0a and swap > on sd0b. I have tried various forms mount ( -u, -a, ...), have > looked at the fstab and rc files, etc. I suspect that I need > a mount command in the rc or rc.local files, but if the file > system is RO, I can't save the changes. Can't seem to get there > from here ... > > I admit, Unix sysadmin is new to me. I bought the Unix System > Administration Handbook (good, but shy on details). Could someone > give me a step by step "fix", or refer me to a faq (have tried the > NetBSD faq), or just give me a Clue or two? Thanks eternally. > Wow! Fixing an OpenBSD problem using NetBSD documentation and helpful hints from FreeBSD users. Brave guy! (I've cross-posted to comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc) ============================================ Gardner Buchanan <gbuchanan@sympatico.ca> Ottawa, ON