-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Miller wrote: > Deephay wrote: >> Greetings all, >> >> I have a problem with my /etc/fstab and the system cannot boot. >> I copied a fstab file from another machine, but I fogot that the file >> system of the root volume on that machine is ext3 but the one I have >> is XFS, so the system cannot boot anymore. >> Luckily I have a LiveCD and I boot the LiveCD system and change the >> fstab: >> >> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> >> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 >> /dev/hda3 / xfs defaults,errors=remount-ro >> 0 1 >> /dev/hda8 /boot ext3 defaults 0 0 >> /dev/hda9 none swap sw 0 0 >> /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 > Are you sure that these are the correct partitions for the disk? It > seems a bit odd that you don't have /dev/hda1 or /dev/hda2 being used > for something. Did the live cd detect the above?
hda1 & hda2 might be used by Windows. >> but the system can only boot to runlevel 2, and the message said that >> the '/' is not mounted yet (wrong option). >> So, how can I write a correct fstab? > > The system booted to runlevel 2 without a root filesystem? How? > Anyway, runlevel 2 is the Debian default, so _only_ booting to runlevel > 2 isn't a bad thing unless you've specified otherwise.... It's my impression that he booted using the LiveCD. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEpL7RS9HxQb37XmcRAjyfAJ9v7sP1201Pnk/ROU4eEGO1q29UDQCfcEeT udV6UI6qYc+RZxy8LXmoovo= =Uq7j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]