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Re: Problems with install on Power Mac G3 minitower




Rick Thomas wrote:
> 
> This procedure worked, except for two "minor" glitches:
> 
> 2) When it came time to reboot and run the configuration part, the
> /etc/fstab file was empty so the reboot failed.  I had to boot
> single user and do
>         mount -o remount /dev/hdc8 /
> to make root writeable.  Then I edited /etc/fstab to know about my
> root filesystem.
> 

It occurs to me (now -- that it's not 4AM -- and my head is a bit
clearer) that I could have fixed the empty fstab problem before the
reboot by editing /target/etc/fstab because /target is mounted writeable
at that time.

Rick



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