Re: [SLE] cannot fsck because root is not read only
Thanks Steve, I did as you suggested. fsck -N -V /dev/hda5 indicated the correct EXT2 filesystem fsck -V /dev/hda5 worked OK. No errors detected. running fsck again showed /dev/hda5 to be clean. However the ERROR ! cannot fsck because root is not read only message still appears during the boot A few lines later there is the message /dev/hda5 is rw Restore device permissions Do I simply, as root, use konquerer to set the permissions of /dev/hda5 to user R, group R where user is root and group is disk ? At present user is R and W and grout is R and W. -- John steve wrote:
On Sunday 30 June 2002 05:09, John Sved wrote:
During the boot sequence I see the following message on screen.
ERROR ! cannot fsck because root is not read only.
This started afer using mkinit or mk_init following the removal of a NIC module. That was fixed but since then the ERROR message occurs.
How should I restore the normal fsck after 20 boots.
/dev/hda5 is the root
What is the correct command to make root read only at boot time and restore the normal operation?
-- John
Boot up into single user by adding single to the boot line. I.e. 'linux single'. Then you'll get to a root login prompt. Login and run your fsck on /dev/hda5. Remember that your fsck should match the type of filesystem you use. I don't do it often enough to remember if it does that automatically. Though I think it would exit with a code if you use it on a wrong type.
You can remount the file system by doing: mount -o remount,rw / - Herman On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, John Sved wrote: ->Thanks Steve, -> ->I did as you suggested. -> ->fsck -N -V /dev/hda5 indicated the correct EXT2 filesystem -> ->fsck -V /dev/hda5 worked OK. No errors detected. -> ->running fsck again showed /dev/hda5 to be clean. -> ->However the -> ->ERROR ! cannot fsck because root is not read only -> ->message still appears during the boot -> ->A few lines later there is the message ->/dev/hda5 is rw ->Restore device permissions -> ->Do I simply, as root, use konquerer to set the permissions of ->/dev/hda5 to user R, group R where user is root and group is disk ? -> ->At present user is R and W and grout is R and W. -> ->-- John -> ->steve wrote: ->> ->> On Sunday 30 June 2002 05:09, John Sved wrote: ->> ->>>During the boot sequence I see the following message on screen. ->>> ->>>ERROR ! cannot fsck because root is not read only. ->>> ->>>This started afer using mkinit or mk_init following the removal of a NIC ->>>module. That was fixed but since then the ERROR message occurs. ->>> ->>>How should I restore the normal fsck after 20 boots. ->>> ->>>/dev/hda5 is the root ->>> ->>>What is the correct command to make root read only at boot time and ->>>restore the normal operation? ->>> ->>> ->>>-- John ->>> ->> ->> Boot up into single user by adding single to the boot line. I.e. 'linux ->> single'. Then you'll get to a root login prompt. Login and run your fsck on ->> /dev/hda5. Remember that your fsck should match the type of filesystem you ->> use. I don't do it often enough to remember if it does that automatically. ->> Though I think it would exit with a code if you use it on a wrong type. ->> ->> -> -> -> -> ->
On Sunday 30 June 2002 19.36, John Sved wrote:
Do I simply, as root, use konquerer to set the permissions of /dev/hda5 to user R, group R where user is root and group is disk ?
Put the line "read-only" somewhere at the top of /etc/lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo regards Anders -- `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'
Thanks Anders, I checked /etc/lilo.conf It had the "read-only" line. I ran /sbin/lilo and got an error message could not find initrd= /boot/initrd In lilo.conf there were lines initrd= /boot/initrd # automatically added by patch_lilo_conf I deleted these lines (one for the normal vmlinuz and one for vmlinuz.suse Then I ran /sbin/lilo and it worked. Thereafter the boot works and fsck worked normally. Thanks all, -- John Anders Johansson wrote:
On Sunday 30 June 2002 19.36, John Sved wrote:
Do I simply, as root, use konquerer to set the permissions of /dev/hda5 to user R, group R where user is root and group is disk ?
Put the line "read-only" somewhere at the top of /etc/lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo
regards Anders
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