fstab messed up, how can I edit it?

steveq9t4 · n00b Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 2

I just finished my installation of gentoo 2004.1 but I realized I messed up the fstab config:

/dev/BOOT /boot reiserfs ....
/dev/ROOT / reiserfs ....
/dev/SWAP none swap ...

As you can see I forgot to change BOOT, ROOT, and SWAP. Ugh, what can I say, I was in a hurry

. When I try to boot in I get all sorts of error messages but all I really want to know is how can I get access to the fstab file? Right now, I can see it but I can't save any changes since the filesystem is read only. Thanks for any help, cheers!

Steve Q.

aridhol · Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 6:28 pm Post subject:

Boot with the live-cd, mount the drive with /etc and edit the file. Then just reboot and it's done
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steveq9t4 · n00b Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 2

Done! Thanks for the help.

Steve Q.

aridhol · Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 9:12 pm Post subject:

No problem, glad I could help
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