Re: simple mount question
In article <HlNSd.42236$W16.1202@trndny07>, Rob wrote:[color=blue]
> i just installed FC3 under virtual PC 5.1 and am having boot problems
> (something or other about waiting 5 minutes). researching it
> suggested i look at the inittab file. so i booted a knoppix image but im
> actually having problems just figuring out how to
> mount the appropriate file system to get to the /etc/inittab file
>
> i figured out how to mount /dev/hda1 but that appears just to contain the
> boot loader. when i go to mount
> hda2, it asks me about a file system, and im not quite sure about the
> correct syntax. sorry for the mega newbie question :<[/color]
If you need to edit /etc/inittab, you'll need to mount "/". Assuming "/" is on
/dev/hda2, you would do:
# mount /dev/hda2 /
What you mounted is probably /boot...
Kevin
Re: simple mount question
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:09:34 GMT, Kevin Collins
<spamtotrash@toomuchfiction.com> wrote:
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>In article <HlNSd.42236$W16.1202@trndny07>, Rob wrote:[color=green]
>> i just installed FC3 under virtual PC 5.1 and am having boot problems
>> (something or other about waiting 5 minutes). researching it
>> suggested i look at the inittab file. so i booted a knoppix image but im
>> actually having problems just figuring out how to
>> mount the appropriate file system to get to the /etc/inittab file
>>
>> i figured out how to mount /dev/hda1 but that appears just to contain the
>> boot loader. when i go to mount
>> hda2, it asks me about a file system, and im not quite sure about the
>> correct syntax. sorry for the mega newbie question :<[/color]
>
>If you need to edit /etc/inittab, you'll need to mount "/". Assuming "/" is on
>/dev/hda2, you would do:
>
># mount /dev/hda2 /
>
>What you mounted is probably /boot...
>
>Kevin[/color]
hda2 could be your swap partition so you could try hda3
--
Benway
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Re: simple mount question
"Rob" <rob@nospam.com> wrote in message news:HlNSd.42236$W16.1202@trndny07...
: i just installed FC3 under virtual PC 5.1 and am having boot problems
: (something or other about waiting 5 minutes). researching it
: suggested i look at the inittab file. so i booted a knoppix image but im
: actually having problems just figuring out how to
: mount the appropriate file system to get to the /etc/inittab file
:
: i figured out how to mount /dev/hda1 but that appears just to contain the
: boot loader. when i go to mount
: hda2, it asks me about a file system, and im not quite sure about the
: correct syntax. sorry for the mega newbie question :<
:
:
First, issue the following command to view the partitions in Linux:
fdisk -l
If one of the partitions is Windows, then you'll need to create a mount point
first before mounting that partition to see the contents. This command will
also list any thumb drives or external harddrives plugged into USB ports as
well, usually, as sdaX, where X is a number. Again, create the mount point in
the /mnt directory before issuing the mount command and accessing the files.
Regards
Ryder
Re: simple mount question
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: "Rob" <rob@nospam.com> wrote in message news:HlNSd.42236$W16.1202@trndny07...
: : i just installed FC3 under virtual PC 5.1 and am having boot problems
: : (something or other about waiting 5 minutes). researching it
: : suggested i look at the inittab file. so i booted a knoppix image but im
: : actually having problems just figuring out how to
: : mount the appropriate file system to get to the /etc/inittab file
: :
: : i figured out how to mount /dev/hda1 but that appears just to contain the
: : boot loader. when i go to mount
: : hda2, it asks me about a file system, and im not quite sure about the
: : correct syntax. sorry for the mega newbie question :<
: :
: :
: First, issue the following command to view the partitions in Linux:
:
: fdisk -l
Oops....command is:
fdisk -l /dev/hda
:
: If one of the partitions is Windows, then you'll need to create a mount point
: first before mounting that partition to see the contents. This command will
: also list any thumb drives or external harddrives plugged into USB ports as
: well, usually, as sdaX, where X is a number. Again, create the mount point in
: the /mnt directory before issuing the mount command and accessing the files.
:
: Regards
:
: Ryder
:
:
:
:
