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From: michael butler <imb@scgt.oz.au>
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Subject: Re: Bad fstab - How to fix ?
To: dennis@etinc.com (dennis)
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 16:39:51 +1100 (EST)
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dennis writes:
> I have a bad entry in my fstab, but the system mounts the root fs in R/O
> mode so i can't
> fix it. Surely there's a way around this?

Been there .. at the single-user prompt ..

mount -u -o rw / 

	michael