On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, KTB wrote:
> I need to change an X config file I screwed up so I can get into Linux.
> I'm using my boot disk to get to root, so I can bypass X, so I can edit
> the file. This is the message and prompt I get when booting from the
> floppy:
>
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) read only.
> sh: /usr/bin/check -sendfile: No such file or directory
> /#
>
> I then use the command umount like so:
> /# umount /
>
> I then tried mounting like so:
> /# mount /dev/hdb2 / -rw
>
> and got this:
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>
> So I tried:
> /# mount ext2 /dev/hdb2 / -rw
>
> and got:
> Usage: mount [-hv]
> mount -a ...........and so on.
>
> I also tried:
> /# mount -rw /dev/hdb2 /
> and got the same readout as the example before:
> Usage......
>
>From 'man mount':
The standard form of the mount command, is
mount -t type device dir
So you would use:
mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb2 /
This should give you read/write permissions, but you could also do:
mount -t -o rw ext2 /dev/hdb2 /
Bob
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