edit of fstab and slug no longer boots

Reflash the firmware and unsling again.  It's very difficult
to repair any
other way, in the absence of a serial console.

Mike (mwester)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "agf102" <heymrfirthgmail.com>
To: <nslu2-general@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 8:47 AM
Subject: [nslu2-general] edit of fstab and slug no longer
boots


> Afternoon,
>
> So after installing Unslung 6.8, unslinging, getting
everything i
> wanted set up and copying some files across to the
slug, I rather
> foolishly edited /etc/fstab to mount the drive with the
noatime
> parameter.  After a reboot, the drive seemed to have
reverted to the
> original fstab, so i updated again and replaced all
versions of the
> file that i could find (including one in i think
/initrd....).
>
> I can now get to the web interface but can't telnet or
ssh into the
> box.  SSH comes up with connection refused so I presume
it's not
> running at all.  Telnet parses the passwd file coming
up with no such
> file or directory errors if i connect without
specifying a username.
> If i specify a username, it tells me "no address
or nodename"
>
> I think i've made the following errors:
> - changing /etc/passwd for root to point to bash rather
than ash
> - editing files in initrd (which i now guess is the
internal flash)
> - not using a diversion script to do these things?
>
>
> Any thoughts as to how i can fix this?
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew




 
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