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Correct - "rescue disk" in this case can be the Gentoo install disk - |
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boot it, mount your root partion on /mnt/<whatever> edit the file and |
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away you go... |
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On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 19:15, Craig Dooley wrote: |
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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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> > |
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> > - Nick |
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> > niczak@××××××××.com |
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