[SLUG] OOps fstab

[john at johnallsopp.co.uk]

> On Saturday 15 Apr 2006 19:15, john at johnallsopp.co.uk wrote:
>>
>> I thought loading Knoppix allowed you to make such changes but the
>> /etc/fstab it shows you is the virtual, read-only one it concocts
>> itself.
>>
> Using Knoppix will allow you to recover your fstab but looking at
> /etc/fstab
> will not work because as you have discovered it relates to the Knoppix
> disk
> you have just booted. What you need to do is mount the partition of
> your hard
> drive that contains the fstab that you have "broken". For example:
>
> mount -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /mnt/temp
>
> and then edit the file:
>
> /mnt/etc/fstab
>
> because this will be the "broken" one. Please note that in the example
> I have
> assumed your hard disk is ext3 and your "broken" fstab resides on your
> !sy
> hard disk in partition 1. It also assumes that the directory /mnt/temp
> exists. You may need to adjust these.
>
> When done just reboot and things should work again.
>
> Regards,
> Paul.

Thanks, you're a star

J