Subject: Re: Lost /etc/fstab
To: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@xtrmntr.org>
From: Sean Moore <seanymoore@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 11/05/2005 14:51:29
On 11/5/05, Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@xtrmntr.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 01:47:15PM +0000, Sean Moore wrote:
> > I have just tried to update my CURRENT laptop (from a while back) to a
> > more recent snapshot. However, I have by mistake removed /etc/fstab
> > and the machine just boots into single user mode. I have tried to
> > 'echo' some information into /etc/fstab, but the filesystem is read
> > only. Am not too sure on what to do next. Any pointers?
>
> if you let run the nightly cron jobs, you should have a backup in
> /var/backups/etc/fstab.*
>
> to mount the file system read write, run "mount -u /".
>

Hmm, this still says cannot open /etc/fstab. Am trying to copy the backup o=
ver.