[Techtalk] Lost the fstab - now what?

[Maria Pinjanainen]

I'd try with "rescue disk". So you can have Linux running without
mounting, you can mount the partition read and write and you can repare
that file.

So magically spelled PMarshall at flyingrhino.com
> I wrote a little script that removes the fstab and writes a new one in its
> place to enable the removal of mobile bay hard drives.  It's worked great
> on 4 separate machines.  On the fifth one, the fstab got removed, but
> never
> rewritten and now the machine won't boot.  It goes into repair mode, but
> doesn't allow me to copy the backed up fstab (fstab.old) to fstab.  It
> complains that it's in read-only mode.  How do I get this beast to allow
> me
> to modify the files?
>
> Thanks,
> Pat
>
> Pat Marshall, MCSE, MCSA, A+
> Systems Administrator
> Flying Rhinoceros
> 1440 NW Overton Street
> Portland, OR  97209
> (503) 552-8700
> (503) 221-7282 (Fax)
>
>
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