On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 07:32:42 +0800 Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Barry Marler wrote: > > >>><snip> > >>> > >>>/dev/Root is a placeholder in the default install fstab. Change it > >>>(and other fstab entries) to the actual device names. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Hi Barry > >> > >>Thanks for your response. > >> > >>Now my problem is I can't edit files anymore because login 'read > >file >system'. I can login without password. If keying in password, > >>'incorrect password' popup. Any solution? > >> > >> > >> > > > >I haven't followed the entire thread; can't you boot from the CD, > >mount the necessary stuff, and edit the file? > > > > > Hi Barry, > > Last time I was prepared to boot from CD but incidentally I could > start 'Fail Safe'. So I edited /etc/fstab but in a wrong way. Now I > am not allowed to login as ROOT nor to start 'Fail Safe' the second > time. If no solution found then I will start from CD1 to mount and > chrooot. > > I think that I should edit /etc/fstab as follows; > > /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 1 > /dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatime 0 0 > /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 > 0/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto 0 0 > > # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > # Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this: > > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > If I am wrong please correct me. > > Furthermore shall I comment out the last line > 'none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0" Can't say if that's right, because I don't know the details of your system. However, it is of the right form. Please boot from the CD, mount /, and edit /etc/fstab. -- Barry Marler Information Analyst II Center for Applied Genetic Technologies University of Georgia Athens, GA USA -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
