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I am new to linux and working on fedora 10 since a couple of weeks. When I was trying to edit fstab, it seems that I commented the wrong line. After rebooting, when opening terminal the cursor is blanking but I cannot type anything.
How can I access my fstab and edit it without the need for terminal?
Or single user mode which doesn't need creating a live CD. When grub comes up, catch it, most buttons will interrupt it, select the boot option you are after, hit e, go to the kernal live, hit e then at the end of the line place 1 or single (make sure their is a space before it). Then you can load single user mode and should be able to edit /etc/fstab, might require some manual mounting of things if you broke fstab enough. As Single User Mode works effectively at init run level 1 from what I understand, you won't get a fancy GUI, it will be a CLI shell.
Last edited by r3sistance; 01-30-2009 at 11:31 AM.
Or single user mode which doesn't need creating a live CD. When grub comes up, catch it, most buttons will interrupt it, select the boot option you are after, hit e, go to the kernal live, hit e then at the end of the line place 1 or single (make sure their is a space before it). Then you can load single user mode and should be able to edit /etc/fstab, might require some manual mounting of things if you broke fstab enough. As Single User Mode works effectively at init run level 1 from what I understand, you won't get a fancy GUI, it will be a CLI shell.
after placing 1 or single (with a space before them) nothing happen. It takes me back to the previous menu (root, kernel, initrd)!!
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