I have accidently deleted my fstab... how do i recover/
regenerate the file?????? in rescue mode i cannot create a
new file since the filesystem is readonly and could not
mount in readwrite mode ?????????
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Answer / sudhir
first of all go to rescue mode and the
run the command fdisk -l and see the / which is using
like /dev/sda5 ?
then mount -o rw /dev/sda5 /1
cd /1/etc;vi fstab
put the entry of ur filesytem at here manually
form sudhir sharma
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Answer / nikhil vasishta
it is always suggested to take a regular backup of /etc
directory if u have configured a lot of services in ur
server still, if you see in /etc/mtab file, u'll get all
your currently mounted partitions and using that file u can
recreate fstab. hope this will help.
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Answer / jitendra kirar
go to the rescue mode and type the command
mount -o remount rw /
mow type
vi /etc/fstab
now you can edit the file. after edit save the file and
reboot the system.
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Answer / raj kumar yadav
Go in rescue mode
mount -o remount rw /
cp /etc/mtab /etc/fstab
otherwise make it manualy
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Answer / ali rao
I deleted vold.fstab when I reboot my tab phone storage or external sd is not showing please help me.
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Answer / gavy balintag
how do you open the command when you go to rescue mode??
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