[ale] ext3 recovery

[MCover]

Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:

>I've never spoken to a geek goddess before, I bow... :)
>
>MCover wrote:
> > Of course the veteran among you are going to laugh at me but my
> > /etc/fstab file was edited and this line was added:"LABEL=/home
> > /home       ext3    exec,dev,suid,rw,ursquota,grpquota  1   2" The
> > /home was never mounted originally the only previous labels in the
> > fstab were: LABEL=/ and LABEL=/boot. And guess what now my unit
> > does not boot in RH 7.3.
>
>When you say it doesn't boot, how far does it get? Â Do you get any error 
>messages? Â I wouldn't expect not being able to mount home would stop it 
>from booting. Â Are all the partitions ext3?

Well during the boot checks we have all the oks but mine have 
checking root file system
then
could not find matching filesystem:LABEL=/
then
[FAILURE]
then
***An error occured during the file system check.
***Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot 
***when you leave the shell
Give root password for maintance
(or type Control-D for normal start up)
//if i press control-D my unit does not reboot (that is a bug within OB6000), if i enter the root password i have a prompt like this (Repair filesystem) 1 # 
but everything is read-only, i cannot even chmod for my file
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > I was trying to be smart and I did made a backup copy of /etc/fstab
> > - but now that the unit does not boot the file system is read-only
> > and ever root cannot edit the file.
>
>How about sharing a copy of your original fstab.
>
> >
> > Unit specs: HP Omnibook6000 - dual boot with Windows XP and Grub for
> > Linux. This is only a test unit for learning purposes.
> >
> > I am not sure if I am going in the right direction but the silly me
> > thought that if I restore-edit /etc/fstab to its original form the
> > problem would go way. I really want to learn how to fix it instead
> > of just rebuilding.
> >
> > Note: I have tried: linux single, linux emergency, linux rescue. I
> > just want to be able to restore the file system, any help will be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > M
>
>-- 
>Until later: Geoffrey       esoteric at 3times25.net
>
>I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
>to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
>
>


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