Hi,
if you cant get to another x-session with ctrl-alt f2 etc ...
this may also help - I've used it to rescue my system on occasion.
Get a mini linux distribution like tomsrtbt (www.toms.net/rb) build it on
another machine.
Boot your system with this distribution installed on a floppy (boot from floppy
enabled in bios).
Once loaded, modify the /etc/fstab in tomsrtbt to reflect your hard drive's
partition location (you will have to use vi to do it):
/dev/hd? /mnt/yourmountpoint ext2 defaults 1 1
(where hd? is the partition you are interested in)
make the mount point: mkdir /mnt/yourmountpoint
mount it: mount /dev/hd? /mnt/yourmountpoint
cd to the directory you need and edit those pesky files back to where they
should be.
On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> Well, you know already that you should never, ever be without a rescue
> disk.
>
> That said, just start and install in and use ALT-F2 (or F3, or F4) to go
> to another terminal window. You should be able to patch up things from
> there.
>
> (At least this trick works with RedHat; I assume it will with Mandrake
> as well.)
>
> You're in a sorta "funny" environment, but you can probably stumble
> around ok there.
>
> On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> | Mandrake Helios. This morning I did something really dumb. I had the
> | following (part of the partitions):
> |
> | /dev/hdb7 / ext2 defaults
> | /dev/hdc10 /Venus ext2 exec,dev,suid,rw 1 1
> | /dev/hdc11 /programs ext2 exec,dev,suid,rw 1 1
> |
> | where Venus was an older RH installation. I deleted everything on
> | /dev/hdc10 and moved all of the files on /program to /dev/hdc10 and then
> | renamed the two mount points in /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab.
> |
> | Unfortunately when I attempt to reboot into Helios the boot hangs on:
> |
> | Setting /boot/System.map to the current running kernel
> |
> | until I hit CTRL-C, at which point the boot moves on to:
> |
> | Booting other file systems
> |
> | where it hangs completly until the three finger salute.
> |
> | Using Explore2fs I find that mtab is now empty and mtab~ has the old file
> | mount point information.
> |
> | I have a floppy boot disk, but not a rescue disk.
> |
> | Help!!!!!
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