SUMMARY: missing /usr in fstab (you're gonna love this one)

From: John Hearns - System Manager (johnh@gerbil.umds.ac.uk)
Date: Thu Dec 22 1994 - 08:53:47 CST


A couple of weeks ago, I posted a panic message to the list about
the situation above, when I inadvertently deleted /usr from /etc/fstab
and was left with an unbootable system.

I would like to publicly thank the fifty-five people who responded with
excellent advice. even though it was a weekend.
Happy Christmas and a Guid New Year tae all on the list.

Anyway, the advice boils down to

a) (from me) Keep your head and look at the manuals!

b) use the facilities in /sbin (specifically mount) to get things going

c) echo and redirection always work (are intrinsic to Unix) so try eg.
    echo "appropriate line" >> /etc/fstab

d) connect a CD-ROM, boot from it and install mini-root

e) one person, who thinks ahead, has diskless clients set up for each
  type of machine on his net.

Happy Christmas and a Guid New Year tae all on the list.

John Hearns



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