Lost fstab file 2007-10-05 - By Bob McClure Jr
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On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 10:06:20AM -0400, Bill Jones wrote:
>
> Help please...
>
> I somehow managed to forget to restore my fstab file before shutting
> down my server. Now it won't boot (of course).
> Is there a way to recover a missing fstab file? I moved it to fstab.orig
> prior to the shutdown. I have RHEL 4.
> I tried linux rescue but it doesn't seem to work.
Well, it won't find and mount your filesystems for the same reason it
won't boot. You'll have to do it manually.
Boot to rescue mode, but don't let it try to find and mount the
filesystems. Note that at this point, I assume you know what your
root partition is. If not, try to boot normally and stop things at
the grub screen to see what is the root partition.
Meanwhile, back at rescue mode, you may need to make a mount point.
Do an
ls /mnt
to see what's available. If you don't see anything you trust, make
one and mount your root filesystem.
mkdir /mnt/hd
# assumes root partition is /dev/hda5
mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/hd
cd /mnt/hd/etc
mv fstab.orig fstab
cd
exit
If if over-assumed what you know about your system, let us know what
I missed.
> Thanks,
> Bill Jones
Cheers,
--
Bob McClure, Jr. Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
bob@(protected) http://www.bobcatos.com
"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under
heaven given to men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12 (NIV)
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