Mark wrote: >I made a mistake while creating my fstab on a new install, and I can't >boot. If I use my Universal CD to boot up, what command(s) will I have >to run to get access to the fstab to fix it? (I'm assuming I have to >re-mount & chroot but I don't know specifically what to do). Thanks! > >- >Mark >[unwieldy legal disclaimer would go here - feel free to type your own] > > > To just change the fstab, boot the CD, mount the root partition then nano -w /mnt/gentoo/etc/fstab should do it. Assuming you mounted to /mnt/gentoo like in the install.
You should NOT have to chroot or anything to do that. Make sure you do the -w option on nano. I didn't the other day and it booted but it gave me a lot of errors. It put the 0 0 on the very end on the next line. Dale -- To err is human, I'm most certainly human. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
