thankx a lot to all of u. i did exactly that. but right on just a hunch and i was silently worried if it would work and it did. this linux teaches few things everyday. regards vicki
On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 USM Bish wrote : >On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 03:26:10AM -0000, Vikrama Dhiman >wrote: > > > > well actually a little typo. the file it says corrupt is >/etc/fstab > > and it just wont correct it with all the options in the world >and u > > cant correct the file since the file is opened only read >only. > > > >The file ownership and permissions of /etc/fstab is root.root >644. It >can be edited as root only. In case of physical damage to file >delete >it with root privileges. Run a "fsck -c" on that partition to >have >all bad blocks marked and re-create the same. > > > iam thinking fo going for an ugrade of Linux from 7.1. to 7.3 >and > > preserve the data on var and usr directories. > >I am not on RH, but AFAIK, RH is an upgradable system, and an >update >will upgrade all existing binaries which can be upgraded leaving >the >rest. If you don't format, none of your data will be lost. > >Some RH folk, pl correct me if I am wrong. > >Bish > >-- >: >####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### > >Sub : Finding out files larger than given size LOST #324 > >To find out all files in a dir over a given size, try: >find /path/to/dir_of_file -type f -size +Nk >[Where N is a number like 1024 for 1mb, and multiples thereof] > >####[Discussions on LIH : 04 Jul 2002]######################## >: > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job >board >for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs >today! >http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 >_______________________________________________ >linux-india-help mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
