On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Cormac McClean wrote:
> Hi,
>> I think the problem is that I changed the mtab file (and possibly fstab) to
> automatically connect to the nfs server... which isn't happening.
>
you should never change mtab. it is maintained by mount automatically.
> So, my question is: is there a way I can boot the machine to bypass the
> nfs connections, like boot into single user mode?
>
from the lilo prompt type:
linux single
(if you have a custom lilo setup, change linux)
a handy way of diagnosing problems is to start services by hand from
single user mode - if it goes wrong you can ctrl+c out of them, eg
/etc/rc.d/init.d/network start
/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfslock start
/etc/rc.d/init.d/netfs start
should mount your nfs volumes. If you have problems, just ctrl+c, fix
the prob, and try that step again.
> Thanks, Cormac.
>> Cormac McClean wrote:
regards,
Paul Jakma.
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