coz you have no /etc/fstab

can you login to X ?

The warning message is telling you in a roundabout way what the problem is. Since you have no fstab, you need to specify both the device and the mountpoint in your mount command. If your root partition is /dev/sda3, then use :

mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda3 /

Hi mitesh,

Please login as 'root' in single user mode & issue following commands,

#cat /proc/mounts > /etc/fstab
#chmod 644 /etc/fstab

this shall help

goodluck
-Akash

i have already tried
mount -o -n remount,rw /dev/sda3 /
and
mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda3 /

i am getting the same error

i had already tried the steps mentioned before posting this

First write down and save the output information to the following commands

1. #fdisk -l
2. #mount
3. #cat /proc/mounts


I don't know why you can't mount your partitions, but what should work is using a live cd. You can reboot with a "live cd", mount /dev/sda3, and then create /etc/fstab manually on /dev/sda3.

If you don't know what to write in your /etc/fstab, I suggest you provide the output of the 3 commands listed above.

Edited:
Never mind. Too many cooks for this pot as it is. Good luck.

Can you please post exact error printscreen/screenshot?


If you are logged in as root than given below commands will let you create fstab file for sure
#cat /proc/mounts > /etc/fstab
#chmod 644 /etc/fstab

P.S: to check if you are root you can type #who or #whoami


I am sure this issue will be resolved, this forum is full of techs/geeks

-Akash

mount -n -o remount -t ext3 /dev/**yourpartition** /

You can do the rescue from the original install media (DVD/CD). At the very first text prompt, enter

linux rescue


http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_boo...mode-boot.htmlx

i was just wondering if i can use th econtents of /boot partition , to load the os ..
this was i can enter read write mode
using the small linux , can anyone help me booting my system using small linux.

hey every one
i got the solution without using the cd . thsi is what i did
1. logged in emergency mode
2.mount /dev/sda2 /boot
3.cd /dev
4.mkdir tmp
5.cp /boot/initrd(xyz).img /dev/tmp/.
6.cd /tmp
7.mkdir tmp2
8.gunzip -v -S .img /dev/tmp/initrd(xyz).img // THIS WILL UNZIP THE FILE
9.cd tmp2
10.cpoi -id < ..initrd(xyz) // THIS WILL EXTRACT THE INITRD FILE
11. make the fstab in etc directory thus extracted here
12. edit the init file to mount the / partion and the swap partition
13. find . | cpoi --create --format='newc' > /dev/tmp/newinitrd
14. gzip newinitrd // this will create neinitrd.gz
15. cd ..
16. mv newinitrd.gz initrd(xyz).img
17. cp /dev/tmp/initrd(xyz).img /boot/initrd(xyz).img
18. reboot the system
19. work as you want

hey every one
i got the solution without using the cd . thsi is what i did
1. logged in emergency mode
2.mount /dev/sda2 /boot
3.cd /dev
4.mkdir tmp
5.cp /boot/initrd(xyz).img /dev/tmp/.
6.cd /tmp
7.mkdir tmp2
8.gunzip -v -S .img /dev/tmp/initrd(xyz).img // THIS WILL UNZIP THE FILE
9.cd tmp2
10.cpoi -id < ..initrd(xyz) // THIS WILL EXTRACT THE INITRD FILE
11. make the fstab in etc directory thus extracted here
12. edit the init file to mount the / partion and the swap partition
13. find . | cpoi --create --format='newc' > /dev/tmp/newinitrd
14. gzip newinitrd // this will create neinitrd.gz
15. cd ..
16. mv newinitrd.gz initrd(xyz).img
17. cp /dev/tmp/initrd(xyz).img /boot/initrd(xyz).img
18. reboot the system
19. work as you want

Recover /etc/fstab file
If you have deleted the /etc/fstab file it is possible to recover it in the following way:

cat /proc/mounts > /etc/fstab
chmod 644 /etc/fstab

The "proc" filesystem, which is /proc/mounts, is used to handle sytem configuration parameters, it is a virtual filesystem.


Hillol Nayak
Durgapur

@hillolnayak

That was already mentioned in post #18 and did not seem to work. So why kick a thread that's a year old

Hi Every one good to see it is still going on, But i guess you did not see the solution i posted.

1. logged in emergency mode
2.mount /dev/sda2 /boot
3.cd /dev
4.mkdir tmp
5.cp /boot/initrd(xyz).img /dev/tmp/.
6.cd /tmp
7.mkdir tmp2
8.gunzip -v -S .img /dev/tmp/initrd(xyz).img // THIS WILL UNZIP THE FILE
9.cd tmp2
10.cpoi -id < ..initrd(xyz) // THIS WILL EXTRACT THE INITRD FILE
11. make the fstab in etc directory thus extracted here
12. edit the init file to mount the / partion and the swap partition
13. find . | cpoi --create --format='newc' > /dev/tmp/newinitrd
14. gzip newinitrd // this will create neinitrd.gz
15. cd ..
16. mv newinitrd.gz initrd(xyz).img
17. cp /dev/tmp/initrd(xyz).img /boot/initrd(xyz).img
18. reboot the system
19. work as you want