Unable to restore /etc/fstab
 

HI Team,

I'm facing a problem in restoring my /etc/fstab file in the server i have a backup in /etc/fstab. bak but when i try to boot the server in emergency mode and give the command

cat /etc/fstab.bak > /etc/fstab
it says read only file.

I'm not able to restore it i tired even remounting the filesystem using the command

mount -o remount,rw /

It says /etc/fstab not found..


can any 1 help me out with this.???

thanks in advance!!!!!!!

Hi there,

Could you try:
Or you might need:
..or whatever instead of sda1.

The important thing being the "-n" option.

hi...i tried the command suggested by you but there is no success

the following message is getting displayed

waring cannot open file no file or directory

Hi,

If (re)mounting doesn't work for you: Boot from a liveCD and fix the problem that way.

- boot from liveCD
- mount partition that holds /etc/fstab.bak
- copy /etc/fstab.bak to /etc/fstab
- reboot (do eject the liveCD :) ).

Hope this helps.

If you have a livecd, then I'd go with that option. Just remember that it's the "etc/fstab" on the mounted drive you'll be replacing, not /etc/fstab (which will be the one on the livecd itself).

If not, repost and we'll try something else. The second command I gave you shouldn't have looked for an fstab so I'm not sure why it didn't work. Are the partition names correct?

thanks!!!
 

Hi mate the second command has worked successfully...thanks

fstab
 

We have had to use the liveCD method before in situations like this and it's worked perfectly. Quite a lifesaver.