Re: Redhat 6.1 wouldn't boot complete

[Hong F Du]

I deeply appreciate you help. I did exactly what you said. After I typed in 'mount / -o remount,rw', I got the following messages: EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,10)): ext2_check_inodes_bitmap: Wrong free inodes count in group 6, stored= 14598, counted = 14597 Then a blinking cursor appeared without # sign as before. Everything was stopped. The system didn't respond to any command any more. I waited for it for a long time, it was still like that. I had to use Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot the system What does the error message meant? How do I fix this problem so that my system can boot normally? Thank you again. feng Mihai LEONTESCU wrote: > use init=/bin/sh > after this you have to sync disks (use sync) > then umount the root filesystem : umount / > then: mount / -o remount,rw > then fsck /dev/hda10 > that should do the trick > > Mihai Leontescu > http://misu.bv.ro > Remember that the enemy is listening... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Hong F Du <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Mihai LEONTESCU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Linux-support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 8:11 PM > Subject: Re: Redhat 6.1 wouldn't boot complete > > > I did what you said and also booted with init=/bin/csh too(booting with > csh ables > > me to run e2fsck on /dev/hda10 before remounting /). Each time I issued > the command > > to remount / into rw mode, the system just stopped there. So I think all > my > > problems is in mounting the / into rw mode, but I don't know how to fix > it. I need > > more help on this matter. Thank you. > > > > feng > > > > Mihai LEONTESCU wrote: > > > > > You'll have to try this manually > > > Restart your linux box and when lilo prompts type > > > linux root=/dev/hd10 init=/bin/sh > > > > > > after this you will get the prompt (you booted the single user mode) > > > now, you have to remount your root partition rw because it's readonly > > > you got to do like this > > > sync > > > umount -n / > > > mount / -o remount,rw > > > > > > now you have full access to your files, and you can edit them > > > > > > oh, do not mount proc before root :) and mount proc or else you'll have > > > some tiny problems :) > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > > Mihai LEONTESCU > > > SC Deuroconsult SRL > > > Departamentul Internet > > > Misu(nix) web Page : http://misu.bv.ro > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > > On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Hong F Du wrote: > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > When booting it went through the file system clean check for /dev/hd10 > > > > which is where my root / is. It then prompt a message "Remounting root > > > > files system in read-write mode [OK]", stop there. > > > > > > > > So I downloaded an ramf-78.exe rescue file from metalab and booted it > > > > from floppy. I check my original /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit and found the > > > > following lines: > > > > > > > > . > > > > . > > > > . > > > > #Remount the root filesystem read-write > > > > action "Remounting root files system in read-write mode" mount -n -o > > > > remount, rw / > > > > #Add /proc to /etc/mtab > > > > mount -f -t proc /proc /proc > > > > . > > > > . > > > > . > > > > > > > > Since the line of 'mount -f -t proc /proc /proc' is after the > remounting > > > > filesystem action, would it be the mount proc causing the problem? > The > > > > rescue boot disk doesn't have editor and I cannot editor any file. > Any > > > > solution to my problem? Thank you. > > > > > > > > feng > > > > > >