On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ron Siven wrote: >> >> Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>> >>> Ron Siven wrote: >>>> >>>> Robert Moskowitz wrote: >>>>> >>>>> So I mistyped noatime in /etc/fstab; wished there was a way to test >>>>> this first! >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, since this is my ASUS Eee and my swap is on the SD card, by >>>>> pulling the SD card the boot halts and puts me into Repair Filesystem mode. >>>>> >>>>> Thing is /etx fstab is readonly. vi fstab won't let me save the file. >>>>> >>>>> I really don't want to do a complete reinstall yet. I want to buy a 8Gb >>>>> SD card first (and next time I am putting /usr on the SD card). So how can I >>>>> edit this? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> If this is the same as rescue mode booting from the CD/DVD, the file >>>> system is mounted to /mnt/sysimage. To get root access, use chroot >>>> /mnt/sysimage. Then use vim to edit /etc/fstab >>> >>> The prompt is: >>> >>> (Repair filesystem) n # >>> >>> Where n is a command number it seems. I had to provide the root password >>> to get into this mode. >>> >>> As for 'chroot /mnt/sysimage', I get: >>> >>> chroot: cannot change root directory to /mnt/sysimage: No such file or >>> directory >>> >>> >> >> Do you have the CD/DVD that you installed from to boot with? From there >> you can specify rescue mode and use the method I described above. > > I am on the road (IEEE 802.11 meeting in LA) and do not even have a USB CD > drive... Perhaps I can find one here. In that case, do you have a USB stick w/ 1GB of free space? How about a live system installed to it? That should let you mount your / filesystem and repair fstab.. Richard -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
