How to mount a partition as root and make it world read-write?

[Paul Howarth]

VJ wrote:
>      The method you suggest was known to me, but the thing is i do not want
> to execute anything apart from using fstab file. If everything else fails, I
> will use this method as the last resort.

There are two phases to getting what you want:

1. Preparing the filesystem, and
2. Setting up the fstab file.

If the filesystem is prepared properly, the following fstab file entry will work:

/dev/hdh3 /tmp ext3 defaults 1 2

Now, could you run those commands and show us the output?

Paul.