Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Jano Lukac <jano@××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Big Mistake...
Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 18:19:14
Message-Id: 1079.10.10.220.33.1018394601.squirrel@www.portablehole.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Big Mistake... by Craig Dooley
1 rescue disk? Bah! use the gentoo install cd :P :D (assuming that's what
2 you used).
3
4 Craig Dooley said:
5 > boot using a rescue disk which supports your filesystem type, then
6 > mount manually, and change the entries
7 >
8 >
9 >
10 > On Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:03:32 -0500
11 > "Nick" <niczak@××××××××.com> wrote:
12 >
13 >> Let me start off by saying this is a prime example of why you should
14 >> NOT install a linux system when you are in a big hurry.. I ended up
15 >> entering an incorrect path for both my /dev/boot & /dev/root in my
16 >> fstab (they should be /dev/hda1 and /dev/hda3 respectively) but I
17 >> somehow didn't even both to change them from the defaults set by the
18 >> gentoo installer so they are left as /dev/BOOT and /dev/ROOT. Now when
19 >> I boot up I am stuck in a readonly filesys and if I attempt to correct
20 >> it by using different mount commands I get errors due to the incorrect
21 >> fstab entries. Is there anyway to correct this? I sure hope so, this
22 >> looks to be a great distribution. Thanks for your time!
23 >>
24 >> - Nick
25 >> niczak@××××××××.com
26 >>
27 >>
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