Re: fstab problems



William Steibel wrote:
Having problems with samba, I foolishly edited the fstab file. Of course
fedora 5 will no longer boot. I have used knoppix and the fc5 rescue disk
to get into the system and edit the fstab file back to the original. In
each method I run into the same problem. I cannot edit the file because it
is a read only file. All attempts to save the edited file fails.
I am a linux novice,so excuse my stupidity. I appreciate the solution to
this problem

Bill Steibel
bsteibel@xxxxxxxx


My guess is that you didn't "su" when using knoppix. You're probably not root when you tried to edit the files.

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