On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, KTB wrote: > I don't know that I can explain it very well but I'm booting to begin > with from the rescue disk. When "boot:" comes up I type "linux > init=/bin/sh" There is no color screen I'm not sure what a mono screen > is. I just get the regular non-X screen. I tried "mount -o remount, rw > /" and got the following error: EXT2 warning: maximal mount count > reached, running e2fsck is recommended mount: warning: cannot change > mounted device with a remount
[ all kinds of other helpful info snipped ] Ok, I have a feeling you are booting from your harddrive still, but not into multi-user mode because the / partition is your harddrive, not the floppy. You should get a decent result if you type: "linux 1" at the lilo prompt. Your / drive is already mounted and it's mounted rw, that's good. If commands are missing when you boot with "linux 1", try running "mount /usr" to get that drive with all your familiar commands mounted. At that point, you should be able to edit files. If you can't change the file, try running "chmod u+w filename" and use the editor again. If it still doesn't let you change the file, send the new output of "mount". Finally, to check a filesystem, run "e2fsck /dev/hd??" replacing the ?? appropriately. Good luck, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | The above is a completely random sequence of bits, any relation to | | an actual message is purely accidental. |