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- In message <25c9b1c147%joseph@benji.ping.demon.co.uk>
- Joseph Heenan <joseph-l@ping.demon.co.uk> wrote:
-
- > In message <66d77cc147%ian@advunit.demon.co.uk>
- > Ian Hinder <ian@advunit.demon.co.uk> wrote:
- >
- > > [big snip]
- > >
- > > I created the /etc/boot.conf file in emacs, but when I tried to save
- > > it I was told that the filing system was read-only.
- >
- > Try something like mount -n -o remount,rw /
- > -n => don't update fstab (can't, cos the partition is ro atm)
- > -o => options, which are remount(because it's already mounted,
- > and rw (read-write).
- >
- > and the / is the filesystem you want to remount.
-
- mount -n -o remount,rw /
-
- gives the error
-
- mount: can't find / in /etc/mtab or /etc/fstab
-
- :-(
-
- > > Any ideas? It sounds like a file that should have been copied
- > > (fstab) wasn't. I'm guessing that it means filing system table,
- > > so perhaps it contains info about the r/w status of the filing
- > > systems?? If so, this could explain the problems.
- > >
- > > Is there some way I can get this file installed, or can I generate
- > > it myself?
- >
- > I'm not sure why it wasn't generated by the installer - it was
- > created okay when I installed, although that was with an earlier
- > version.
- >
- > see man 5 fstab for the fileformat, but basically there should be a
- > line something like:
- >
- > /dev/hda3 / ext2 defaults 1 2
- > (partition where type options something to
- > do with fsck)
- > With the partition changed as appropriate.
-
- Unfortunately I can't add this file because the system is read-only,
- and I can't mount it as r/w because this file isn't present! GRRRRR!
-
- I suppose what I need is either an installer which *does* write the
- correct file, or a way of mounting the disc that does not need either
- of these files to be present.
-
- --
- I a n H i n d e r
- ian@advunit.demon.co.uk
-
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