Comment 22 for bug 8585

(In reply to comment #19)
> descent scott% cat /etc/mtab
> /dev/hda3 / unknown rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
>
> descent scott% sudo mount -f -o remount /

Hang on a second. You gotta zap your mtab before it can rewrite it, e.g.,

sudo sh -c '> /etc/mtab; mount -f -o remount /'