my friend had renamed /etc/fstab to /etc/fstab.old .after that linux having some problem. so i tried to rename the fstab at the first booting window but it always shows like "read only"&i can't change the permissions also
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 9:58 AM, sajith.p .p sajith.payyadakkath@gmail.comwrote:
my friend had renamed /etc/fstab to /etc/fstab.old .after that linux having some problem. so i tried to rename the fstab at the first booting window but it always shows like "read only"&i can't change the permissions also
You can do
mount -o remount,rw /
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 9:58 AM, sajith.p .p sajith.payyadakkath@gmail.comwrote:
my friend had renamed /etc/fstab to /etc/fstab.old .after that linux having some problem. so i tried to rename the fstab at the first booting window but it always shows like "read only"&i can't change the permissions also --
Sajith,
The best option right now would be to either use a Rescue disc and mount the partitions or use a Live distro and then do the rename operation.
Regards, Cyril
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