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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Recurring problem in root filesystem
Message-ID: <15590:Sep402:41:0190@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 4 Sep 90 02:41:01 GMT
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In article <4010@auspex.auspex.com> guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
> >Try running fsck on the *unmounted* root filesystem,
> Try unmounting the root filesystem first.  Good luck....

Wait a minute. Can't you chroot() to another filesystem, then remount
the original root below the new one? I haven't tested this but it seems
like it should work on an otherwise unused system.

---Dan