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From: John Jolet <john@×××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:50:33
Message-Id: E4157A1B-1A5D-45CB-8201-A2161EBBE778@jolet.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab by Mark
1 On Nov 14, 2005, at 3:23 PM, Mark wrote:
2
3 > Well, I thought so too. So I booted to the Universal CD. Then I did
4 > mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
5 >
6 > Then I did cd /mnt/gentoo and did a ls
7 >
8 > all I see is boot and lost+found
9 >
10 you sure /dev/hda3 is your correct partition?
11
12 > Did I make a bigger mess than I thought?
13 >
14 > On 11/14/05, Petteri Räty <petteri.raty@××××××××××.fi> wrote:
15 >> Mark wrote:
16 >>> I made a mistake while creating my fstab on a new install, and I
17 >>> can't
18 >>> boot. If I use my Universal CD to boot up, what command(s) will I
19 >>> have
20 >>> to run to get access to the fstab to fix it? (I'm assuming I have to
21 >>> re-mount & chroot but I don't know specifically what to do). Thanks!
22 >>
23 >> You only need to mount your root partition to /mnt/gentoo and then
24 >> execute nano /mnt/gentoo/etc/fstab -w. You can change nano to another
25 >> editor if you like.
26 >>
27 >> Regards,
28 >> Petteri
29 >>
30 >>
31 >>
32 >
33 >
34 > --
35 > Mark
36 > [unwieldy legal disclaimer would go here - feel free to type your own]
37 >
38 > --
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40 >
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Re: [gentoo-user] fixing fstab Mark <whitetr6@×××××.com>