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Old 11-01-2012, 11:57 AM   #1
cent_sangeeta
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Is it possible to revert the wrong entry made in /etc/fstab


Hi everyone,
I am using Centos 6 machine.In order to understand my machine I have been following one of the book for Centos. Today, unfortunately I have added LABEL=/home /home ext3 defaults,usrquota,grpquota 1 2 in /etc/fstab then I reboot my machine but to my surprise it didn't boot instead black screen appeared.
I also opened /etc/fstab using VI editor but I couldnot erase my entry in /ec/fstab as it is read onlyfile.

Thanks & regards ,
Sangeeta

Last edited by cent_sangeeta; 11-01-2012 at 11:57 AM. Reason: mistakes
 
Old 11-01-2012, 12:12 PM   #2
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Boot to runlevel 1 or runlevel 3 (and login as root) to edit fstab.
 
Old 11-02-2012, 11:37 AM   #3
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Boot to runlevel 1 or runlevel 3 (and login as root) to edit fstab.
Hi thanks for your reply. As I turned on my machine I get black screen showing following messages.
---------------------------------------------------
Welcome to Centos
Starting udev: [ok]
getting hostname localhost.localdomain : [ok]
getting up logical volume management: 2 logical volumes in volume
group "vol group" now active [ok]

checking file system
dev/mapper/vol Group -log vol01:clean,261509/23855104
files,4398944/95395840 b1 cks
dev/sda1: clean, 39/51200 files,34888/204800 blocks
sck.ext3:Unable to resolve,'LABEL=/home' [failed]

** An error occured during the file system check
**Droping you to shell; the system will reboot
**when you leave the shell
**Warning -- SELinux is active
**Disabling security enforcement for system recovery
**Run 'setenforce 1' for reenable.
Give root password for maintenance or type control -D to continue :
------------------------------------------------------------
Giving root password ,I also tried to delete my entry in /etc/fstab using vi editor but it didn't allowed me.
Do you mean that I need to run boot loader to edit /etc/fstab.
sangeeta Maharjan
 
Old 11-02-2012, 12:51 PM   #4
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After you get the root shell prompt, you need to remount the root filesystem read/write:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /
Then you can use an editor to change /etc/fstab. When you exit from the shell, the system will reboot.
 
Old 11-04-2012, 09:19 AM   #5
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After you get the root shell prompt, you need to remount the root filesystem read/write:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /
Then you can use an editor to change /etc/fstab. When you exit from the shell, the system will reboot.
hi,
Thank you .I just followed you then my machine starts to reboot. Now I am able to carry my regular jobs. It's a big relief to me.

Sangeeta Maharjan.
 
  


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