Single User Mode : Read Only Filesystem

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Single User Mode : Read Only Filesystem

I can't edit files in single user mode as Root. When I try to edit them I get a msg saying "Read Only Filesystem".

I have tried chmod with no evial. I want to change my .profile as root so cls='clear'.

Any ideas?

Also when I try to login to my account in single user mode it says that account does not exist. However I'm in that accunt right now!

Thank You.

1. MacBook Pro 2. iMac - Both Running:, Mac OS X (10.4.8), (1). = 15' - Intel Core Duo (2.0GHz) (2). = 17' - Intel Core 2 Duo (2.0 GHz)

Posted on Mar 2, 2007 6:43 PM

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Answer 1

j.v.

Level 5

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Mar 2, 2007 7:13 PM in response to Mephux

When you boot up into single user mode, there is a single recognized user -- root. That's why they call it single-user mode and not multi-user mode.

When you boot up into single user mode, the disk mounts as read-only. You have to make it writeable in order to do anything to it. I forget the actual command but it displays on the monitor nearby where it gives the "fsck" command syntax when you first boot into it. It's something like "mount -uw /" or something to that effect. It is saying to mount the root drive ("/") with user write privileges.

Then just "pico /Users/Mephux/.profile" (although I profess that I don't understand why you have to edit this file as root).

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