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From: Seaside Peter 
Subject: Re: Bootup stops at fsck?
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 09:43:56 +0000
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:00:03 +0000, SINNER wrote:

> * Seaside Peter wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
>> On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 18:20:05 +0000, Joe LaVigne wrote:
> 
> 
>>> You should have been able to do the same thing by booting to the Ubuntu
>>> live cd...
> 
>> Yes - I did boot using the live cd. Unfortunately the 'missing' drive
>> prevented the OS from mounting any 'real' drives. I couldn't do an fsck or
>> even run Gparted.
> 
> You should have been able to remove the entry from /etc/fstab once you
> were in the live cd and then reboot.

Well, that's another question I have :-)

When booting via the live cd how do I find and mount my existing file
system? 'Live' doesn't seem to allow access to it automagically....


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