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#1 2009-02-11 16:23:49

loudtiger
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Registered: 2009-01-08
Posts: 68

ext4 conversion screwup

so, i forgot to modify my fstab before i ran tune2fs and fsck -pf... am i hosed? my live cd won't mount ext4 partitions (not surprisingly) so i can't mount the partition to change fstab. am i going to need a .28 cd?

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#2 2009-02-11 16:27:56

pointone
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From: Waterloo, ON
Registered: 2008-02-21
Posts: 379

Re: ext4 conversion screwup

I don't know if that's necessary. Your system should fail to boot, then drop you to a maintenance shell. At this point, it should be possible to:

mount -t ext4 /dev/sda# /mnt/fix

...edit fstab, then reboot.


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#3 2009-02-11 16:41:15

loudtiger
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Registered: 2009-01-08
Posts: 68

Re: ext4 conversion screwup

ok, so much for my initial worry. i rebooted, hit the kernel panic, but rebooted with the fallback image just like outlined in the wiki. then i changed my fstab and ran mkinitcpio. why is it that the fallback image still mounted the partition with the fstab set incorrectly?

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