/etc/fstab error

McDougall, Marshall (FSH) Marshall.McDougall at gov.mb.ca
Mon Apr 16 13:20:24 UTC 2007


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>[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ahmed Mohamed
>Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 12:55 AM
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>Subject: /etc/fstab error
>
>Hi all,
>
>I am using fedora 6.
>I have edited file /etc/fstab file by adding to the following line:
>
>LABEL=/download    /download        ext3         defaults      
>      1   2
>
>I have succeeded mounting it on /dev/hda6 and accessed files on this
>partition
>but when I later rebooted the system it dropped to a repair 
>mode. As a root
>I have
>tried to restore the file (/etc/fstab) back to its original 
>state but the it
>is always read-only
>mode. I have tried to chmod it (a=rw), I have checked the file 
>attrributes
>using chattr /etc/fstab,I have saved it with :wq! . Nothing worked.
>
>any suggests?
>
>thank you
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Have you actually created the label on the device, and created the
directory /download?

mkdir /download 
e2label /dev/hda6 /download

Regards, Marshall




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