Luke Mewburn --> netbsd-help (2004-12-27 23:24:32 +1100):
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 11:33:52AM +0100, Jukka Salmi wrote:
>   | # mount
>   | root_device on / type ffs (read-only, local)
>   | mfs:7 on /dev type mfs (synchronous, local)
>   | mfs:1158 on /mnt/mfs type mfs (synchronous, local)
>   | # mount -u /
>   | mount_ffs: root_device on /: No such file or directory
> 
> This looks like you don't have an appropriate /etc/fstab in the memory
> disk file system.  You could rectify that, or just try
> 	mount -u /dev/md0a /
> instead.  Or maybe
> 	mount -u -w /dev/md0a /

You were right, I forgot the fstab entry. Thanks for the hint!


Cheers, Jukka

>   | Hmm, I still don't get it. Should it be possible at all to mount
>   | a root md read-write? Is this configurable with the MEMORY_DISK_SERVER
>   | setting?
> 
> By default the root file system is mounted read-only by the kernel.
> This is to allow fsck (etc) before mounting the file system read-write.
> I'm unaware of an easy method to change this default, besides hacking
> the /etc/rc script :)

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