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nawitus

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Registered: 2009-05-11

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Every crash breaks arch linux

Because my laptop overheats sometimes I get a crash, which breaks the system. when I reboot, the filesystem is mounted root-only, and no other partitions are mounted at all. I need to boot to Ubuntu, and edit laptop-mode out (!laptop-mode), then boot to arch. Then put laptop-mode back (@laptop-mode), and reboot.

Because root is a read-only filesystem, I cannot fix the issue from Arch itself, so I still need Ubuntu/another distro if I wan't continue using my laptop.

I get the same problem if I try to boot without a power cord, as explained here:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=74611

djszapi

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From: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Registered: 2009-06-14

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Re: Every crash breaks arch linux

You can boot in fallback mode to correct it from liveusb, or with the writable kernel line in grub.

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broch

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From: L.A. California

Registered: 2006-11-13

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Re: Every crash breaks arch linux

first try:
sudo fsck.jfs -a -f /dev/sda6 (root)

second: because your system is rather unstable, fstab published in the other link seems hmm.. quite adventurous: you need to add auto fsck at least to your / fs

I don't know how resilient jfs currently is, but I would say that your config is in part responsible for the outcome (read-only / after crash)

R00KIE

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From: Between a computer and a chair

Registered: 2008-09-14

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Re: Every crash breaks arch linux

How about not using laptop-mode and managing the power usage yourself? You have determined it to be the cause of your problems after all.
You could write two scripts that make the necessary changes, one for battery mode and another one for ac mode.

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arkham

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From: Stockholm

Registered: 2008-10-26

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Re: Every crash breaks arch linux

I'd focus on not making your computer crash (add fans, add coolers, add oil, add water, add ice, blow hard.)

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jelly

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Registered: 2008-06-10

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Re: Every crash breaks arch linux

does your computer overheats with ubuntu ??

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