On 11/27/07, Abhijeet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Also one of the Linux PC mount point was wronlgy mounted becoz of
> which it isn't restarting and giving the error message form the /etc/
> fstab.  the repair mode is in # mode and isn't allowing VIM text
> editor to edit the /etc/fstab file to retstart it. I have important
> fies there, so can't format or repartition it. Are there any other
> ways to restore the the computer files and take out the mount point
> from the fstab file. Need  help pretty quickly.

In the single user mode, issue the following command to remount the
partition in the read-write mode:

#mount -o remount,rw /dev/hda1
(replace /dev/hda1 with appropriate partition]

You should be able to edit the /etc/fstab file now.

HTH.

Cheers,
Subir

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