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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!en.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.vader.org!news.demon.co.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to restore /dev from single-user mode Date: 30 Apr 1996 03:57:23 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 47 Message-ID: <4m3vij$ks@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <nC4933694@longacre.demon.co.uk> <3181F535.167EB0E7@home.ifx.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: anorak.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Robert L. Hatch (rlhatch@home.ifx.net) wrote: : Michael Searle wrote: : > : > When booting on sd0, after the kernel boot I got these messages: : > : > swapon: /dev/sd0s2b: No such file or directory : > Automatic reboot in progress... : > /dev/rsd0a: clean, 9251 free (5 frags, 2379 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation) : > /dev/sd0s2g: No such file or directory : > Can't stat /dev/sd0s2g : > Automatic file system check failed ... help! : > Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh: : > : > After which, I was put into a shell with only the root partition available, : > that read-only, and not all commands in that working (such as : > /stand/sysinstall. Maybe because they were trying to use other partitions, : > or use temporary space.) : > : > I had been installing some devices for a sound card using /dev/MAKEDEV, and : > I think I must have deleted some devices for the HD. So what I want to know, : > is how can I make these devices, and what can I do to be able to make the : > devices on a read-only filesystem. I would RTFM, but man isn't in the root : > partition. I have a list of the contents of /dev: : > : > MAKEDEV MAKEDEV.local audio audio0 bpf0 cd0a cd0c ch0 console cuaa0 cuaa1 : > <clip> : > : > Thanks! : > : > -- : > Michael Searle - searle@longacre.demon.co.uk : The system has booted in single user mode. Type "fsck" and then try : rebooting. You can also mount your filesystems with the "mount" : command. : -- : +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ : Robert L. Hatch : E-Mail: rlhatch@home.ifx.net : Internet Effects.... Your Gateway To The World If you wish to change the root filesystem from read-only, run "mount -u /". You could also try 'cd /dev; sh ./MAKEDEV std' -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....