SUMMARY: Linux Rescue Mode Help

[Dave Martini 1]

Thanks to Stuarts suggestions below it worked perfectly!
Thanks again.
Dave.

On Tuesday 28 December 2004 19:49, Dave Martini 1 wrote:

I commented out the /etc/fstab file entry for / and
want to know how to fix this.
I tried to boot from CD #1 in rescue mode but the file system
is read only and won't let me edit the /etc/fstab file.

> From: Stuart Sears <stuart at sjsears.com>
> 
> have you tried the following...
> assuming your / is /dev/hda2
> 
> 1) ignore the CD.
> 2) make changes at the grub stage...
> 	a) hit 'a' at the grub menu.
> 	b) edit the kernel arguments to say
> 	root=/dev/hda2 emergency
> 	c) hit return to boot
> 3) now you're in(ish) but the problem is that the / fs is mounted read-only.
> to solve this:
> 4) mount /proc
> 5) mount -o remount,rw /
> now edit your /etc/fstab file and reboot.
> 
> any help?
> 
> if not, exactly what are the error messages?
> and what does 'df' show in emergency mode?
> 
> Stuart
> 
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