[Leaplist] Serious computer trouble here

[Kevin Korb]

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I can never remember which systems do or don't leave / read only at that
point so I always try to touch something before I get into vi.

Also, if you have separate /usr and /var filesystems those will need to
be mounted before vim will work.

On 02/17/10 16:32, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Oh yeah, forgot to mention that with regards to editing /etc/fstab.
> Good catch.  I always forget until I try to save in Vi, and kick myself.  ;)
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net>
> 
> If you get a read only filesystem error on /etc/fstab then try:
>   mount -nvo remount,rw /
> 

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