Arch Linux

adwaita45

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Registered: 2012-04-01

Posts: 12

Arch shuts down while fsck on boot.

This started happening a few days ago.When I try to boot up my system,it shuts down as soon as it reaches the file system check part.So,I used a live cd and edited my /etc/fstab and disabled fsck on all drives.This temporary fix works well but I fear it is not a safe practice.So,is there a permanent fix for it?

DSpider

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From: Romania

Registered: 2009-08-23

Posts: 2,273

Re: Arch shuts down while fsck on boot.

For fsck to run, I think the root partition must first be mounted as read-only.

Which bootloader do you use? Can you post its configuration file? For example, for GRUB Legacy and Syslinux you have to use "ro" at the kernel or APPEND line:

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda3 ro
initrd /initramfs-linux.img

LABEL arch
        LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux
        APPEND root=/dev/sda2 ro
        INITRD ../initramfs-linux.img

Last edited by DSpider (2012-04-25 18:00:00)

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