How can I recover a system which fails to reboot following a mistake editing /etc/fstab?
Issue
How can I recovery /etc/fstab if I made some mistake when editing it and system can not boot up?
For example, I modify /etc/fstab, after system reboot, it can not mount some of the filesystems successfully and enter in "repair mode" like below:
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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