Subj : Re: typo in /etc/fstab cause system unable to boot, change.
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Lenard
Date : Sat Jun 26 2004 04:19 am

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 01:16:57 +0000, Benjamin F. Zhou wrote:

> 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.

Boot with the installation CD into rescue mode(type linux rescue when the
menu screen is displayed) and fix it.


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