Subject: Re: /usr directory fails to mount
To: Andy Ward <riscbsd@CONNECTI.DEMON.CO.UK>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@CUS.CAM.AC.UK>
List: port-arm32
Date: 07/10/1996 00:10:11
> * Now, the trouble starts... booting as a single user and and typing
>
> mount -t ffs /dev/wd0a / (This is OK. Root is now r/w)
> mount -t ffs /dev/wd0e /usr
>
> gives the error:
>
> ffs: /dev/wd0e on /usr : Operation not supported by device
>
> The disc passed fsck OK.
What happens if you hit control-D at this point?
Do you get the same as the following:
> * Booting into multi-user mode produces the same error so unsurprising
> none of the daemons can be found, including getty, which is where it
> all grinds to a halt. Sending a kernel panic seems to be the only way
> to stop the search for getty, but this just causes a kernel deadlock,
> requiring a reboot.
Patrick