Single user mode, non writeable /tmp

[Lowell Gilbert]

Joachim Dagerot <freebsd at dagerot.nu> writes:

> I just posted a problem regarding vinum where this question was
> hidden:
> 
> 
> My system starts with an error:
> 
> "init: /bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, going to single user
> mode"
> 
> This is because a disk has broken down. But my question is what tasks
> do I need to take to be able to run the system. The crashed disk
> contained /home and /usr.
> 
> I can't even edit the fstab because the /tmp disk is not writeable.

This can be solved using the same technique as the FAQ 
"I made a mistake in rc.conf, or another startup file, and now I
cannot edit it because the filesystem is read-only. What should I do?":
 http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#RCCONF-READONLY
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