Re: fstab problem after a failed drive

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You should be able to boot off the CentOS 5 (assuming its 5) DVD or CD1 and go into "linux rescue" mode which will allow you to mount the / drive in rw mode thus allowing you to remove the entry from the /etc/fstab. Look into that option, I have done it before, but can't remember the exact steps.

A quick Google search found this:

<http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/centos5/ centos5_installation_guide/centos5_s1-rescuemode-boot.html>



On Sep 22, 2007, at 5:19 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:

Everyone,

I installed a sata drive on a SuperMicro with SCSI drives.  No problem
with the installation. Everything went as expected as the os recognized the drive and assigned /dev/sdc to the new 300 gig Seagate drive. I had
planned to use this drive for backup tarballs.

The drive had been functional for about a week with no problems.
Apparently it went out today when I tried to reboot the system. Now the
boot process brings the system up into repair mode, but mounts the /
partition in "read only" status.  I can see that the original /dev/sdc
is present but /dev/sdc1 is not present.

I removed the drive completely and predictably /dev/sdc is no longer
present.

The problem I have now is that I have an entry in /etc/fstab that
references the disabled drive that I am unable to change because I can
only get to /etc/fstab in "read only" status. I am sure there is way to
remove the entry to /dev/sdc1 but I have not been able to do so.

Any help would be appreciated

Greg Ennis

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