----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Buettner" To: Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 3:20 PM Subject: Re: New hdd, moved RedHat partition, floppy boot won't. > Mark, > > My recommendation at this point is to not modify your old boot disk. > Instead, use it once (or twice as necessary) to boot using the "linux > root=/dev/hda2" command. Once linux comes up, fix your /etc/fstab > entries by hand. (Use vi or some other editor.) I suspect that > the reason X isn't coming up is that one or more filesystems are not > getting mounted. > > Then make a brand new boot disk using "mkbootdisk" and keep your old > boot disk as a spare. (Just remember to use the "root=..." option if > you ever need to use it again.) > > Also, it is well worth it to download tomsrtbt even if you don't need > it at this point. You should attempt to boot it and play around with > it just so that you can find your way around in the event that your > system ever needs rescuing. > > Kevin I tried changing /etc/fstab earlier, but that darned "Read-only file system" stopped that right away. Is there a parameter I can use with 'linux root=/dev/hda2' that will put me into write mode. When I boot this way I'm asked for my root password which I give but I don't have root privelages. If I type '#whoami' I get 'root' but I still can't edit that file?? #vi /etc/fstab allows me to view without it seems changing it. But wait, I recall it said to use '!' to override that. I tried and still got Read-only... Mark