Arch Linux

twhayes

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Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 27

Install Problems

I'm trying to install Arch (for the third time) and have run into a problem I haven't seen before.  After the initial install, I can reboot and log in as root, but then can't change any config files.  Problem first popped when I tried to change /etc/pacman.conf and I got an error messge saying it was a read-only system file.

I can fdisk -l and see all of my partitions, but when I try df -h, I get an error saying 'cannot read table of mounted file systems.'

/etc/mtab is empty and there is no reference to my root partition (sda12) in /etc/fstab so I think that is where the problem is, but I don't have enough Linux experience to fix it.

Any ideas??

Thanks much.  I really love Arch!!

TW Hayes

peart

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From: Kanuckistan

Registered: 2003-07-28

Posts: 510

Re: Install Problems

1) Boot with the install cd.
2) Type "mount /dev/sda12 /mnt" at the command prompt.
3) Type "vi /mnt/etc/fstab" (use "nano /mnt/etc/fstab" if you don't like vi)

Fix up your fstab, reboot, and you are on your way.  The line for sda12 should look something like "/dev/sda12 / reiserfs defaults 0 1", except replace reiserfs with the file system you chose.

Good luck

Last edited by peart (2007-12-26 05:40:14)

twhayes

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Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 27

Re: Install Problems

That was all I needed.  Worked like a charm.  Thanks much.