On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 19:41 +0000, Andy Green wrote: > linux wrote: > > It was formated NTFS. > > I reformatted ext3. > > > > Made an fstab entry -> /dev/sdc /home/me/REPOSITORY ext3 defaults 1 1 > > > > Now my machine does not boot properly. > > > > It fails a filesystem check and I get the error "fsck.exts:: No such > > file or directory while trying to open /dev/sdc1" > > > > I am then prompted for pass word for repair, but I am unsure as to how > > to proceed. What do I do now.... I entered the root password, and tried > > to edit /etc/fstab to remove the above mentioned entry, but /etc/fstab > > is read only and i can't save the changes. > > Yow that went south. > > You need to unmount your normal filesystem and fsck it. Use > > mount > > to find your normal filesystem mountpoint, it should be /mnt/sysimage. > Then do, eg > > umount /mount/sysimage > fsck /dev/sdXX > > where sdXX is the drive and partition your main filesystem lives on. > > -Andy > > Suspect the fstab entry should not be /dev/scd but /dev/scd1 John -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
