On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 09:48:59AM -0100, andrej hocevar wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 08:42:13AM -0700, Michael West wrote:
> > If only I could modify my /etc/fstab from grub I would be set.
>
> Take a look at the thread entitled "choosing which device gets
> mounted as root", where I was wondering how to do just that:
> changing the GRUB's entries doesn't solve the problem if editing
> /etc/fstab does: you cannot edit it before the device gets mounted.
> The proposed solution was to use initrd. I have to admit I haven't
> tried it out yet. You should take a look at it, I think it should
> help you.
>
> andrej
Thanks, that should work. I am using the timos rescue set to boot
from a cdrom since I don't have a floppy. The trick for me is
going to be figuring out how to get the timos build scripts to
bring in multiple initrds, but I have been meaning to dig into
those anyway.
Thanks,
~Michael