Deleted /etc/fstab !!

chichibabin · 10-02-2003, 11:22 AM

Hi all,
being a complete idiot I hastily moved my fsab file to fstab.old and modified it. However, I accidently saved the modified file as fstab.old so fstab no longer exists. Linux now fails to bootup as the file is missing. How can I change the name of that fstab.old file to fstab. Please don't say I have to reinstall.
Thanks in advance
Sat

doublefailure · 10-02-2003, 11:34 AM

#cp fstab.old fstab

?

chichibabin · 10-02-2003, 11:38 AM

Yes, but how do I get a prompt where I can type the command. Linux does not boot as normal.

superbondbond · 10-02-2003, 11:48 AM

try a rescue disk. There's hundred's of them out there.

I like tomsrtbt
(actually a single floppy distro)

doublefailure · 10-02-2003, 11:53 AM

insert ur cd, power up, select rescue mode.?

chichibabin · 10-02-2003, 07:01 PM

When the system fails to boot but up I can type in the root password and try to repair. However when I try to:
cp /etc/ftab.old /etc/fstab
I'm told its a read only file system.

m0rl0ck · 10-02-2003, 07:59 PM

remount / read,write with this command:
/sbin/mount -n -o remount,rw /