RMOP
December 9th, 2011, 07:26 AM
I made a single entry to my fstab on my nicely configured 11.04 machine...and now it doesn't boot into Ubuntu anymore. I was careful, only adding an auto-mount line for an NTFS Data drive, "knew what I was doing," but something went amiss.
I've never needed root access to an unbootable Ubuntu machine before.
I have three options, as I see it:
1) boot to Live CD and get root access to fstab and either edit it or replace it with a known-good backup copy. Never done that, but it seems to entail basic hand work via terminal.
2) boot to Windows and try ext2fsd to mount my Ubuntu partition w (supposedly) W/R access
http://www.ext2fsd.com/?page_id=7
3) boot to OSX and try mounting this drive on that system using a trial version of Paragon's extFS for MAC.
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/extfs-mac/
Nice to have options, I suppose, but having never used any of the above, I'd appreciate knowing which is likely to get me quickest and safest access to my fstab. Obviously, I need W/R access to fix things.
Thoughts, please? Many thanks.
I've never needed root access to an unbootable Ubuntu machine before.
I have three options, as I see it:
1) boot to Live CD and get root access to fstab and either edit it or replace it with a known-good backup copy. Never done that, but it seems to entail basic hand work via terminal.
2) boot to Windows and try ext2fsd to mount my Ubuntu partition w (supposedly) W/R access
http://www.ext2fsd.com/?page_id=7
3) boot to OSX and try mounting this drive on that system using a trial version of Paragon's extFS for MAC.
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/extfs-mac/
Nice to have options, I suppose, but having never used any of the above, I'd appreciate knowing which is likely to get me quickest and safest access to my fstab. Obviously, I need W/R access to fix things.
Thoughts, please? Many thanks.