Subj : Re: typo in /etc/fstab cause system unable to boot, change.
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Sat Jun 26 2004 11:29 am

Benjamin F. Zhou enlightened us with:
> 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.

If you closely watch your distro boot, you'll see that it first mounts
the root FS read-only. After some checks, it mounts it read/write.
Your computer fails the checks. It doesn't "become" read-only - it
never became read/write.

So, if you want a read/write mounted partition, you're going to have
to remount it yourself with "mount / -o remount,rw". Make sure you
remount it as read only when done editing and before rebooting.

Sybren
-- 
The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a
capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the
safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

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