Never mind. Wasn't reading the thread.... What I do in this case (usually) is link the root disk to another guest (as MR, of course). Then mount the disk, edit the file. Umount, detach, and boot the original guest.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Testa, Richard Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 9:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: rescue mode The server when IPL, comes up in maintenance mode which is read only. I need to get the system to where I can either move the old fstab file back in, or edit the current fstab in vi. How can I get the system in such a mode.... Best Regards Richard Testa OIT-Operation Unix Systems Administrator NH Department of Information Technology 603-271-5460 (w) 603-235-2659 (c) www.nh.gov/doit -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mauro Souza Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 10:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: rescue mode I think you don't have to go into single user mode. I guess you'd put some disk on fstab, and it doesn't come online, putting your system on read-only rescue mode. If I am right, you can do this: *mount -o remount,rw /* *grep -v 'problematic disk' /etc/fstab > /etc/fstab.1* *cat /etc/fstab.1* if the new fstab is fine, do this: *mv /etc/fstab.1 /etc/fstab* *reboot* Mauro http://mauro.limeiratem.com - registered Linux User: 294521 Scripture is both history, and a love letter from God. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Testa, Richard <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > > > How do you boot into single user/rescue mode on zlinux...I need to edit > the fstab file, and it is in read only mode(maintenance)....I tried the > following but getting an error... > > > > > > CP VI VMSG 0 SINGLE > > > > > > Best Regards > > > > Richard Testa > OIT-Operation > Unix Systems Administrator > NH Department of Information Technology > 603-271-5460 (w) 603-235-2659 (c) > www.nh.gov/doit > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
