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Subject: SUMMARY: Linux Rescue Mode Help
From: Dave Martini 1 <martini () raider ! llnl ! gov>
Date: 2004-12-29 0:36:24
Message-ID: 200412290036.iBT0aOXE013627 () raider ! llnl ! gov
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Thanks to Stuarts suggestions below it worked perfectly!
Thanks again.
Dave.
On Tuesday 28 December 2004 19:49, Dave Martini 1 wrote:
I commented out the /etc/fstab file entry for / and
want to know how to fix this.
I tried to boot from CD #1 in rescue mode but the file system
is read only and won't let me edit the /etc/fstab file.
> From: Stuart Sears <stuart@sjsears.com>
>
> have you tried the following...
> assuming your / is /dev/hda2
>
> 1) ignore the CD.
> 2) make changes at the grub stage...
> a) hit 'a' at the grub menu.
> b) edit the kernel arguments to say
> root=/dev/hda2 emergency
> c) hit return to boot
> 3) now you're in(ish) but the problem is that the / fs is mounted read-only.
> to solve this:
> 4) mount /proc
> 5) mount -o remount,rw /
> now edit your /etc/fstab file and reboot.
>
> any help?
>
> if not, exactly what are the error messages?
> and what does 'df' show in emergency mode?
>
> Stuart
>
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