/etc/fstab error

[Joshua Gimer]

You could have also done mount -o remount,rw / from within single user mode
"Maintenance Mode".

On 4/15/07, Ahmed Mohamed <ajmoham at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your help. Problem solved.
>
> I used rescue disk, and the file /etc/fstab is now editable.
>
> thanks!
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> On 4/15/07, Sean McGlynn <sean_mcglynn at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > This is all off of the top of my head, so I could be off somewhere,
> > but....
> >
> > You say it's dropping you into "a repair mode"--perhaps using the
> > installation media to start in its repair mode and then mounting root
> that
> > way will allow you to edit the file.  Then, don't use the label and see
> if
> > it works using /dev/hda6.  I've had problems with labels before that
> were
> > basically unexplainable (at face value--I didn't bother researching too
> > much).
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Ahmed Mohamed <ajmoham at gmail.com>
> > To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 1:55:04 AM
> > Subject: /etc/fstab error
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am using fedora 6.
> > I have edited file /etc/fstab file by adding to the following line:
> >
> > LABEL=/download    /download        ext3         defaults            1
> 2
> >
> > I have succeeded mounting it on /dev/hda6 and accessed files on this
> > partition
> > but when I later rebooted the system it dropped to a repair mode. As a
> > root
> > I have
> > tried to restore the file (/etc/fstab) back to its original state but
> the
> > it
> > is always read-only
> > mode. I have tried to chmod it (a=rw), I have checked the file
> attrributes
> > using chattr /etc/fstab,I have saved it with :wq! . Nothing worked.
> >
> > any suggests?
> >
> > thank you
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Thx
Joshua Gimer