Re: Repairing a mount configuration problem
On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 21:25 +0200, Aioanei Rares wrote:
Petrus de Calguarium wrote:
> I recently made some changes with the partitions on my system and neglected to
update fstab. As the system booted, a message appeared, stating I could:
>
> 1. type Ctrl-D to continue (I tried that, and it caused the computer to reboot and
stop anew at the same problem - not very useful); or
>
> 2. type the root password to fix the problem.
>
> Upon trying the second method, the system logged me in, but I was unable to fix
anything because the partitions were mounted read only. This is also not useful.
>
> How am I supposed to fix the problem (I knew exactly what it was) when I am barred
from changing anything?
>
>
mount -rw (man mount is even better ;)
mount -o remount,rw ...
is probably better if the fs is already mounted.
poc