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On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 01:03, Nick 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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try this: |
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# mount -t ext3 -o remount,rw /dev/hda3 / |
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Replace ext3 with whatever filesystem you use. |
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Hopefully / will be mounted read/write now. |
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> - Nick |
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> niczak@××××××××.com |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Developer |
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Cape Town, South Africa |
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