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Old 01-18-2008, 10:20 AM   #1
toreones
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fsck.ext: unable to resolv "the mount point"


I have edited fstab an mounted 2 new hdd there.
but i made a new logical volums of them and forgoten to remove them from fstab. so no i cant boot my computer, it stops in a shell, and there the file system are read-only.
so i whonder how i can edit the /etc/fstab

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Old 01-18-2008, 10:27 AM   #2
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I have edited fstab an mounted 2 new hdd there.
but i made a new logical volums of them and forgoten to remove them from fstab. so no i cant boot my computer, it stops in a shell, and there the file system are read-only.
so i whonder how i can edit the /etc/fstab
I suggest that you boot a liveCD and edit the fstab from the liveCD.

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