Here is the simple solution bot through the linux as rescue and launch vi
editor delete the line what you added this wored for me in RedHat 6.1
Patrick Lacchia wrote:
>
> Yes I tried and it doesn't work. Here is what happen
>
> 1) I type "vi rc.sysinit"
> 2) The file open and the bottom line says "rc.sysinit [readonly]
> 3) I jump to the lines I want to delete and do a "dd" on the first one
> 4) The bottom line becomes red and says "warning: changing a readonly file"
> 5) immediatly after a message pops up saying "Unable to open swap file for
> "rc.sysinit", recovery impossible
> 6) follows by a new message "Press RETURN or enter command to continue"
> 7) I press RETURN and go back to the lines
> 8) I can now "dd" the 3 lines
> 9) but when I try to "wq!" I get a message saying "rc.sysinit Can't open
> file for writing" and then "Press RETURN or enter command to continue"
>
> Nothing was saved. I can't understand why it was so easy to modify a sys
> file in the first place with a text pad and now it's impossible to modify it
> again. Looks like all the files are read-only. I am wondering if it's due to
> the linux emergency mode.
>
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