On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > --- On Fri, 6/13/08, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb2m97pp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I've tried every incantion I can think of to write to >> F8's filesystem using >> Knoppix. I can read the files, can make changes to the >> files, but can't save >> the changes. Always permission denied. >> >> I have been able to do this before, but time has past, and >> along with getting >> a bit old, the truth is I'm really stuck. >> >> Would someone be kind enough to tell me how to get write >> access to an >> unbootable distro's filesystem, using Knoppix for >> example. >> This is from a message posted by Rob on this list, which was memorable (and searchable) due to the two words 'remount myself' Once you've booted from a knoppix or a rescue cd and have a shell prompt "Found it myself: # mount -o remount,rw / Then I can edit and correct /etc/fstab." It worked for me once ;-) good luck, Mike -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
