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When you mess up with fstab (When your root becomes Read-only file system)
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fix_bad_fstab.txt
sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=512M tmpfs /any_existing_dir_path
cd /any_existing_dir_path
cp /etc/fstab fstab
vi fstab
# Remove wrong fstab entry
sudo mount -T fstab -o remount,rw /dev/xvda1 /
sudo vim /etc/fstab
reboot
# Done
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