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Old 01-16-2008, 07:58 AM
Dave Uhring
 
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Default Re: Incorrect entry in vfstab - Machine boots with readonly file system

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:26:09 +1000, Nathan Dietsch wrote:

> Your best option is to boot off the CD or the network into single user
> mode and then mount the disk and replace whatever the bad entry is. I
> would recommend taking care if the disk was mirrored, but it appears
> that it is not, so do not worry.
>
> Please note, this is hand typed and there may be some typos in it.
>
> ok> boot cdrom -s
> password:


No password is requested when booting single user from cdrom.

> #mount /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s2 /mnt


There should not even be a filesystem on that partition. The root
partition is normally on s0.

> #edit /etc/vfstab
> do stuff here


vi is available on the miniroot. Also it is preferable to fsck the root
partition before attempting to mount it.

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