> Anyway to fix it boot the live CD, then mount the parititon gentoo is on as > /mnt/gentoo, cd to /mnt/gentoo/etc and edit fstab. You can do this with any files > you need to fix.
Hm. why to boot from live CD? I remember once installing gentoo I forget to alter /etc/fstab and it booted nice with /dev/ROOT , etc all I did is added root=/dev/hda3 to my lilo prompt, and it booted with several warnings (like swap not found, etc) I fixed /etc/fstab rebooted again. it fixed the prob. but I did not booted LiveCD only because of that may be with 'grub' you can not do it. I am not sure about grub, but with lilo you can boot adding root=/dev/hda3 option: linux root=/dev/hda3 Alex On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hmm. I see others are saying it might be genkernel also - did you run it? > Something is strange as emerge -u world doesn't normally hose up files like this. > > > > > > From: Stephen Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2004/02/10 Tue PM 11:22:00 GMT > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Starting problem after 'emerge -u world' > > > > Hi > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >It looks like you ran etc-update and let it overwrite everything. You need to > > >fix fstab so it has your devices instead of /dev/ROOT, etc. and put the right > > >type of file systems in. > > > > > >Do not delete the tmpfs line - it's used by Gentoo. > > > > > > > > I have not run 'etc-upgrade'. The problem happened after 'emerge -u > > world'. Some other folks on the list or forum also fell into the same > > trap. > > > > Now my problem is that I could not start 'Fail Safe' anymore. Neither I > > am allowed to key in root-password to login as ROOT nor to login as > > USER. I can login just pressing 'ENTER' but on a read-only system. I > > am not allowed to edit /etc/fstab. Any suggestion? > > > > TIA > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- Alex V. Koval http://www.halogen-dg.com/ http://www.zwarehouse.org/ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
