You have to mount your file systems "rw" for read-write instead of "ro" 
for read only. you can do it by hand for the root fs the first time, then 
edit your /etc/fstab to make it always mount your partitions "rw."

-1LT Avram Dorfman
HQ USAF Network Management
permanent email address: avram@pobox.com

"Methodological observation of the sociometrical behavior tendencies of 
prematurated isolates indicates that a causal relationship exists between 
groundward tropism and lachrimatory behavior forms."

On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, D. Scott Beach wrote:

> Hi again folks.
>  I asked about this a while ago and got some help but now I think I've got
> a bit more detail on the problem. When I boot up and  try to enter
> commands. I alway's get an errror that says that I can't write because it's
> a read-only file system. I've tried rebooting in muti-user mode and get the
> same errors. I think everything is installed correctly so what am I
> missing?
> Thanks for reading.
> 
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