fstab problems

[Ed Kim]

William Steibel wrote:
> Having problems with samba, I foolishly edited the fstab file. Of course
> fedora 5 will no longer boot. I have used knoppix and the fc5 rescue disk
> to get into the system and edit the fstab file back to the original. In
> each method I run into the same problem. I cannot edit the file because it
> is a read only file. All attempts to save the edited file fails.
> I am a linux novice,so excuse my stupidity. I appreciate the solution to
> this problem
> 
> Bill Steibel
> bsteibel at amnh.org
> 

My guess is that you didn't "su" when using knoppix.  You're probably 
not root when you tried to edit the files.

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Ed Kim, RHCE
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