In article <20050225025737.42491.qmail@web60601.mail.yahoo.com>,
f f  <unearthlyspectre@yahoo.com> wrote:
>NetBSD 1.5 is now installed on my IICX, 8mb ram, 291
>root/usr, and 26 swap and 20mb hfs. I can boot
>flawlessly, and I can get to the prompt and it is
>pretty much functioning. Whenever I try to set up X11,
>though, I can't change the .conf file for X, because I
>get the error that I am using a "read-only
>filesystem." This same thing happened with OpenBSD, as
>I mentioned.
>
>I can't boot info multi-user, I guess because when I'm
>root, I can't make a new user (see above). If I have
>to reinstall it again, it will erase all SANITY from
>my week. This is the 7th time trying to get a unix or
>linux working on this box. I started with Debian, but
>it wouldn't even boot. Then I tried OpenBSD, which I
>abandoned, due to its lengthy (12 hours and up)
>install procedure.
>
>I need help!

mount -u is your friend.

christos