you could try and boot in single mode. I don't know if you would be able to do anything if you have killed fstab. Also you could try rescue boot, usually available in most distros.
> Hi people, > > I’ve done something stupid to my /etc/fstab. I made some changes > because I wasn’t having much luck getting supermount to work. > > Anyway after a reboot, I found my system now hangs at the stage where > it says “Mounting local filesystems”, and I cant find a way to bypass > this. > > I’ve left the machine for quite some time hoping it might pull through > but no luck… > > > > I’ve tried using programs for Windows to read the ext2 partition so > that I can copy /etc/fstab to windows, edit the file, and then copy it > back to the ext2 partition, but I’m not having any luck copying it > back. > > > > I’ve tried booting a Slackware Linux installation cd-rom, gone to a > terminal and tried mounting /dev/hda1 to /mnt/hda1 but I get errors > telling me there’s either too many filesystems mounted, theres a bad > superblock, it’s the wrong fs type, etc… > > > > So can anyone think of any other ways I could fix the problem? > > I’m using Mandrake 9.1 by the way. > > > > Thanks very much, > > > > Chris Barnes. > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- Regards, Kevin Saenz Spinaweb I.T consultants Ph: 02 4620 5130 Fax: 02 4625 9243 Mobile: 0418455661 Web: http://www.spinaweb.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
