Bonehead move!

[GDB-B&W-X.3.5]

mascarasnake wrote:

> Hey Doug -
>
> John M Phillips wrote:
>
>> If you are lucky enough that fsck dumps you into a shell, then
>> run the command
>>     mount -o remount,rw /
>>
>> You then should be able to edit and save the corrected fstab.
>>
>> On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, GDB-B&W-X.3.5 wrote:
>>
>
> If that doesn't work (which it should since you can see your files), 
> you can boot from the install disk 1 and at the prompt type:
>     linux rescue root=/dev/hda10
> and should be able to edit your fstab
>
>>> During my quest to install YDL 3.0.1 on my iMac, I have managed to 
>>> mess up my fstab file.  I was making the changes needed to allow use 
>>> of my server drives and managed to copy the wrong fstab file the the 
>>> /etc directory.  Now when I try to boot I get an error stating the 
>>> filesystem cannot be found on /dev/hda13.  No kidding, that's 
>>> because it's on /dev/hda10!  As long as I've been using Linux, I've 
>>> never had a situation like this before.  I can input my root 
>>> password and see the files, but am unable to copy the correct fstab 
>>> file back to the location it needs to be because of the read-only 
>>> status.  Is there a way to get the ability to copy the file to it's 
>>> correct location?
>>>
>>> Just a message from Doug...
>>
>
> g'luck
>
Yeah I was thinking there was a way to use the install disc for rescue, 
but I couldn't find anything about it on the web.  The trick that Bill 
and John suggested worked just fine, thanks guys.  I'll have to remember 
this in case I ever pull a stunt like this again.  As many times as I've 
installed YDL, you would think I would have done this before now.  Oh 
well, always a first time!

Just a message from Doug...