Re: [gentoo-user] Starting problem after 'emerge -u world'

[Stephen Liu]

Barry Marler wrote:

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. 
 

Hi Barry,

I am not allow to mount without knowing the FS of /dev/hda3

fdisk -l
only showing 'Linux'
Kindly advise how to find it out.  TIA

B.R.
Stephen


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