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Date:      Mon, 22 Oct 2001 16:23:28 +0800
From:      "Soweb_Ahfei" <ahfei_99@yahoo.com>
To:        <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Read only file FSTAB after error config???
Message-ID:  <003301c15ad3$bea70260$0eb32dca@holam>
References:  <000f01c15a3b$883c2d60$6005c3cb@holam> <3BD32725.CC1CEFBA@mindspring.com>

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Dear Sir,

Thanks for your good instruction.We got it.

Thank you  very  much.

Ahfei Ho

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Lambert" <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To: "Soweb_Ahfei" <ahfei_99@yahoo.com>
Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 3:51 AM
Subject: Re: Read only file FSTAB after error config???


> This belongs on -questions...
> 
> Soweb_Ahfei wrote:
> > We have installed the Freebsd4.32 in our server.But we can not
> > reboot the system after we made an error configuration  in the
> > file FSTAB.Now,we can not delete or rename the error file Fstab
> > and the system shown the file is read only.
> > 
> > We would not re-install the system since there are some available
> > data.Please give us an instruction how to revise it.
> 
> Boot the system single user (boot -s at the boot prompt,
> after hitting spacebar during the countdown).
> 
> Remount the root partition as read/write (mount -u -o rw /,
> after you get to a shell).
> 
> Modify the fstab to correct your error; you may need to fsck
> the partition where /tmp is located, if it is not /, before
> you can run an editor; you will probably need to set the
> terminal type, as well, unless you want to use "cat", or are
> comfortable with "ed" (setenv TERM cons25).
> 
> -- Terry


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