bostic@OKEEFFE.BERKELEY.EDU (Keith Bostic) (03/19/91)
Subject: 4.3BSD-Reno, root mounted read-only Index: 4.3BSD Description: The mini-root in the 4.3BSD-Reno distribution is mounted read-only, making it difficult to restore the root file system because restore wants to create a symbol table file. Repeat-By: Run "xtr" after booting up the mini-root, as specified in the installation document, and notice the "read-only file system" error message from restore. Fix: Add the following command to be performed during installation: Re-mount the mini-root read-write: # mount -u /dev/dk0b / This is not a complete fix, as it won't work if the mini-root was booted from a driver other than 0. Another, more complete fix is to change the restore command in the "xtr" script to be: restore xsf 3 /dev/${tape}0 instead of: restore rsf 3 /dev/${tape}0