Thanks for the clarification. So the earlier problems were because your working directory was /?
and moving to /root fixed it. I'll definitely have to keep that in mind Bret On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 02:52, Daniel Tan wrote: > 1) booted up to the prompt to enter root password - entered root password > 2) current dir is /root > 3) run mount -n / -o remount,rw > 4) cd /etc > 5) vi fstab file > 6) fiddle around and saved the file (tried at least 4 times before hitting > the jackpot) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bret Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 3:29 PM > Subject: Re: fstab > > > On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 02:05, Daniel Tan wrote: > > i have solved it before receiving your email.... i gotta remount it at > /root > > dir....had been trying to remount it at /....dumb old me....thanks so much > > for all the help.... > > played around with the numbers of /dev/sda1-6 around fstab and now it is > > running again....phew! > > > > Glad you got it working. Sorry about the / deal. AFAIK it should have > worked so I am trying to get a handle on what the situation was and what > you did to fix it. I guess I will have to try this tomorrow at the > office on one of the lab machines. > > can you post the commands you used? should be in roots history file I > think but maybe not. > > Bret > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by Email Virus Scanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by Email Virus Scanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
