Tried to symlink /etc to another disk, now stuck

[Steve Bertrand]

> To the OP...if you know what your disk type is, you CAN get it to 
> continue to mount root at the mountroot prompt.
> 
> Furthering that, you can also fsck and mount your other disk mountpoints 
> in order to gain access to your editing binaries.

I'm sorry to reply to my own posts, but I'd like to point out that this 
exact scenario is a very good reason as to why I make either a digital 
or printout copy of my /etc/fstab file of every machine I run.

Steve