[oclug]Couldn't open /proc/mounts/ No such file or directory

[olga streltchenko]

I'm afraid I need more info than this. Just upgrading the sytem from
the boot CD does not work since it does not recognise the need for an
upgrade.

Booting in a rescue mode allowed me to narrow down the problem.
/proc seems to be all righ, but /etc lost most of its contents, including
(probably, most importantly) fstab.

How can I restore my /etc?

Thanks, Olga.

On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Bob Lockie wrote:

> olga streltchenko wrote:
>
> >Hi everybody,
> >
> >I run into the following problem on boot.
> >
> >Once the time comes for the file system check I get the following:
> > Couldn't open /proc/mounts/ No such file or directory
> >followed by a complaint that /proc/partitions doesn't exist.
> >
> >After that it dumps me into a shell to repair the sytem.
> >Running fsck /dev/hda2 is not much help: it brings up the same message
> >about /proc/mounts/ (Sure enough, /proc/ shows as being empty on ls).
> >For some reason, bash cannot find umount command. (I was trying to umount
> >/dev/hda2 to run fsck -a on it).
> >
> Boot from an install CD and fix the installation.
>
> >
> >I'm not sure what to do next. Some help would be appreciated.
> >
> >About the system. It's a dual-boot RedHat 7.3/Windows2000 no-name laptop
> >(btw, Windows loads just fine).
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Olga.
> >
> >
> >
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