Subj : typo in /etc/fstab cause system unable to boot, change.
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Benjamin F. Zhou
Date : Sat Jun 26 2004 02:16 am

don't like the label=/ entry for the the / partition, in my /etc/fstab file,
I replace it, however with a typo:
/dev/hda1/     /  ...

the "/" following hda1 apparently is a syntax error. The boot stops at
mounting partition, and sends me to the maintanence screen. However, for
strange reason, that partition becomes read-only. I can read the /etc/fstab
file, but am forbidden to write.

I created a bootdisk from another machine with the same version of linux,
and tried to boot from the correct /dev/hda1. However, it fails at finding
init. I see there can be some param I can type in at boot: vmlinux param.
But don't know what to type.

Would anyone please kindly give me some hints to solve the delima.

many many thanks,
Ben

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