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boot using a rescue disk which supports your filesystem type, then mount manually, and change the entries |
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On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:03:32 -0500 |
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"Nick" <niczak@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Let me start off by saying this is a prime example of why you should NOT |
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> install a linux system when you are in a big hurry.. I ended up |
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> entering an incorrect path for both my /dev/boot & /dev/root in my fstab |
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> (they should be /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda3 respectively) but I somehow |
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> didn't even both to change them from the defaults set by the gentoo |
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> installer so they are left as /dev/BOOT and /dev/ROOT. Now when I boot |
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> up I am stuck in a readonly filesys and if I attempt to correct it by |
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> using different mount commands I get errors due to the incorrect fstab |
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> entries. Is there anyway to correct this? I sure hope so, this looks to |
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> be a great distribution. Thanks for your time! |
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> - Nick |
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> niczak@××××××××.com |
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