i'm at (repair filesystem) # prompt..after entering root password / is mounted but i can't umount it at all...
running mount -n / -o remount,rw came out mount: / not mounted already , or bad option running mount came out /dev/sda6 on / type ext3 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) see there is rw in there but am not able to write anything on /, editing a file prompts swap not enabled but i can edit but not save the file. arghh...going bonkers over this.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bret Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 11:59 AM Subject: Re: fstab On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 21:41, Daniel Tan wrote: > tried your command but it did not work...was asked to specify file system. > where do i specify the filesystem? i tried placing -t ext3 after mount and > it says mount point rw does not exist > i actually don't have a backup of fstab in another place but i can edit the > fstab file as i can roughly remember devices name > Sorry the syntax is wrong try mount -n / -o remount,rw if still no worky It may be that it is not mounted at all I guess. Since I have never been where you are I don't know for sure. How did you get to a command prompt? What messages are there? I am assuming that the / filesystem is mounted since you could at least get to a single user command prompt. I believe the kernel gets the root file system information from the boot loader so it should be mounted even without an fstab but the mount command wants to look in fstab to translate the mountpoints (/) to a device (/dev/hda2) what does mount return? Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Email Virus Scanner, and is believed to be clean. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Email Virus Scanner, and is believed to be clean. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
