On Jul 3,  3:53pm, sinck@owmyeye.ugive.com wrote:

> \_ I tried changing /etc/fstab earlier, but that darned "Read-only file system"
> \_ stopped that right away.  Is there a parameter I can use with 'linux
> \_ root=/dev/hda2' that will put me into write mode.  When I boot this way I'm
> \_ asked for my root password which I give but I don't have root privelages.
> \_ If I type '#whoami' I get 'root' but I still can't edit that file??
> \_ #vi /etc/fstab allows me to view without it seems changing it.  But wait, I
> \_ recall it said to use '!' to override that.  I tried and still got
> \_ Read-only...
> 
> Try a remount:
> 
> mount -n -o remount,rw /
> 
> YMMV.

And if that doesn't work, just download tomsrtbt and make yourself a
rescue disk.