Hi Waldi,

> 	mount_msdos -o ro /dev/sd1d /mnt
> would it...
> 	dma-ready: code 2
> yep, that looks much better
> 	mount_msdos: mount: Invalid argument
> oops, celibrated too soon.

Interesting; you run into exactly the same trouble as I do.
I had to untar the archives from my MO drive to get them onto
a BSD filesystem (btw: what stands ufs for?):

 % cd /mnt/usr/distrib; tar xf /dev/sd2c

> Suddenly I realise that the root-fs is still mounted read-only, which
> may make a considerable difference. Here's where the story ends though,
> since whatever I tried, I couldn't persuade mount to remount the root fs
> in writeable mode. Could someone tell me how this is done?

I'd *love* to know this, too!! :) Leo??
If you already have an /etc/fstab, you can simply try to "mount /", but
without..... :-(

Benni
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