On Wed, 2023-04-19 at 18:07 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 19/04/2023 16:16, David Christensen wrote: > > On 4/18/23 20:16, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > > You can also do > > > > > > mount --bind / /mnt > > > > > > and then look at /mnt/tmp. > > > No need to reboot into single-user mode for that. > > > > +1 I like that better than the reboot/ live drive idea I posted. > > I think, it is the case when reboot is safer. Open file descriptors > remain on the original partition. However I do not expect that single > user mode or booting from live image is required. Just restore > original > /etc/fstab and reboot. > > Perhaps update-initramfs is necessary after restoring of /etc/fstab > in > any chosen approach. > >
1) Would there be anything actually wrong with doing the procedure from a live usb as I suggested? Even if not strictly necessary? 2) At what point in the procedure would I need to issue the update- initramfs command. I assume it would be as root user.