Hi everybody,
> When I boot my DEC3000/300X to single-user mode, the root partition is
> mounted read-only. How can I change that?
1. /sbin/mount -u /
The -u flag will take care of the trick
2. /sbin/bcheckrc
This program will mount all local file systems listed in /etc/fstab
Any changes need to be flashed to the disk, using sync or /sbin/update
which starts up a daemon to do so in the background every 30s.
> When my DEC3000/300X is hang, how can I halt the system, and get to
> the console mode, without having to turn off the machine?
There is a black button in the back of the computer, which does exactly
that.
> What configuration changes are necessary, so that my networked
> DEC3000/300X will boot up as non-networked standalone?
The main place that requires changes is /etc/rc.config; there's a
bunch of boolean variables that need to be updated (some of them
need to be set to "NO", and some to null ""). Change the ones that
refer to NIS/NFS/automount, etc.
For example:
cp /etc/rc.config /etc/rc.config.bak
- set IFCONFIG_0=""
- set BIND_CONF="NO"
- set NIS_CONF="NO"
- set NFS_CONFIGURED="NO"
(you could also unset anything that refers to NTP )
mv /etc/routes /etc/routes.bak (if applicable)
cp /etc/svc.conf /etc/svc.conf.bak
Finally, comment out the NFS entries from /etc/fstab
Thanks to:
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Received on Wed Mar 24 1999 - 21:19:55 NZST