filesystem read only at boot "SOLVED"

kaddy · 2009-10-18 11:26:38

Hi archers

I have a frustrating problem.... for some unknown reason... I rebooted today, and havn't been able
to get back into arch....
it complains that my filesystem is read only etc. heres the error

******************* FILESYSTEM CHECK FAILED *************
* Please repair manually and reboot. Note that the root *
* filesystem is currently mounted read-only. To remount *
* it read-write type: mount -n -o remount,rw / *
* When you exit the mantenance shel the system will *
* reboot automatically.

i've tried what it suggests "mount -n -o remount,rw /

i reboot, and still get the same problem over and over again.
I don't know what could of caused this.... i havn't been messing with anything unusual....

I better output my fstab and partitions:

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0007f78b

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104422 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14 46 265072+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3 47 1003 7687102+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 1004 19457 148231755 83 Linux

Fstab:

#
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0

#/dev/cdrom /media/cd auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
#/dev/dvd /media/dvd auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
#/dev/fd0 /media/fl auto user,noauto 0 0

/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 / ext4 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda4 /home ext4 defaults 0 1

Pleaasseeee Help
I'm using a live cd to access the internet right now

thanx in advance
any ideas?

thankyou

Last edited by kaddy (2009-10-18 13:38:16)

TaylanUB · 2009-10-18 13:36:10

Few days, or maybe a week ago, when i was trying to get X to work, i always had to use the computer's reset button because the keyboard would be irresponsive. Normally Arch would fix itself and re-reboot, but eventually it broke because of whatever reason. I thought of wiping the partition and reinstalling Arch from scratch as i didn't have many things on it anyway, but guess what, GParted could fix the filesystem.
(By the way, in case you're curious, the reason X wasn't working properly was that i had no keyboard or mouse drivers installed.)

If you have another Linux on your PC, or a Live CD, or even an installation CD, see if it has a disk-partitioning tool that has an option to fix filesystems. If it doesn't, but if the Linux you use is installed on your PC, just install GParted. But if you're using an installation- or Live CD, you can't do that, and in that case i think you'll have to get another Linux; i would say download Puppy Linux and make a Live CD of that; it has GParted and is friendly for newcomers in every other way too. And you can be sure that having a Live CD lying around is always something good. You never know when something like this will happen again.

(Oh, i just realized that you already ARE using a Live CD... Keep installation CDs, and Puppy Linux, in mind though.)

Last edited by TaylanUB (2009-10-18 13:36:48)

kaddy · 2009-10-18 13:36:18

Its all Fixed now

But to help others.... All i did was boot into a live cd.... "any live cd"

log into a konsole or terminal as root
and I ran fsck
in my situation I ran "fsck /dev/sda4"

and it fixed my filesystem......

cheers

Last edited by kaddy (2009-10-18 13:37:39)

TaylanUB · 2009-10-18 13:38:32

You were 8 seconds too late. =P

But well, i didn't know about fsck myself. Cheers!

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#1 2009-10-18 11:26:38

filesystem read only at boot "SOLVED"

#2 2009-10-18 13:36:10

Re: filesystem read only at boot "SOLVED"

#3 2009-10-18 13:36:18

Re: filesystem read only at boot "SOLVED"

#4 2009-10-18 13:38:32

Re: filesystem read only at boot "SOLVED"

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