2009/9/23 Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]>: > I hadn't seen the whole thread altogether until just now (because it was > sent without an id number to begin with) > > When you get to the maintenance prompt, you should be able to try this: > mount -o remount,rw /
plus fsck.ext3 -y /dev/sda5 this should fix it if you're left with no other choice than to reinstall ubuntu (if your hdd is still ok), try separating /home and / partition so next time you only need to reinstall on / and retain files and configuration file in your home directory > exit > and see if it boots up. > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Well, it's still difficult to give you the solution, because we don't know >> the cause. fsck (I'm guessing you meant fsck and not fsk), is run very >> frequently at boot time. This is not a problem. The root filesystem >> frequently starts off in read only mode, this is necessary to run fsck. >> >> How long do you wait before pressing the power button? It sounds to me >> like the machine is trying to run a simple filesystem check and you're >> interrupting it. You need to post error messages (verbatim... type exactly >> what's on the screen, word for word, don't paraphrase it). >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 01:40:10PM -0700, jambo wrote: >> > >> > When I enter the recovery mode, there is the msg : >> > fsk /dev/sda05 and checking drives >> > then say file system is in read only mode. Please give me the >> > solution. >> > >> > On Sep 23, 12:37 am, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Does your monitor explode when you try to enter recovery mode? >> > > >> > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:26:33PM -0700, jambo wrote: >> > > >> > > > no, it doesn't open. >> > > >> > > > On Sep 20, 7:57 pm, Umarzuki Mochlis <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > > can you elaborate on "doesn't open"? >> > > >> > > > > 2009/9/20 jambo <[email protected]>: >> > > >> > > > > > recovery mode doesnot open. What to do? >> > > >> > > > > > On Sep 20, 7:51 pm, Umarzuki Mochlis <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > > >> you could reboot >> > > > > >> # reboot >> > > >> > > > > >> then choose "recovery mode" and run filesystem check >> > > > > >> # fsck.ext3 -y /dev/sda5 >> > > >> > > > > >> hope this helps >> > > >> > > > > >> 2009/9/20 uvishere <[email protected]>: >> > > >> > > > > >> > Hi to all, >> > > >> > > > > >> > I have a serious problem in Ubuntu. When I start the ubuntu >> > > > > >> > 2.2, On >> > > > > >> > the starting screen(screen after the boot menu screen), there >> > > > > >> > is a >> > > > > >> > message like >> > > > > >> > "unclean shutdown, checking drives.... >> > > > > >> > dev/sda05 <cheking percent> >> > > >> > > > > >> > and after that the msg " your file system is in read only >> > > > > >> > mode" >> > > > > >> > and Place for giving commands appears. >> > > >> > > > > >> > what can i do to solve this problem? I dont want to format >> > > > > >> > my >> > > > > >> > computer. >> > > >> > > > > >> > thanking you. >> > > >> > > > > >> -- >> > > > > >> Regards, >> > > >> > > > > >> Umarzuki Mochlishttp://gameornot.net >> > > >> > > > > -- >> > > > > Regards, >> > > >> > > > > Umarzuki Mochlishttp://gameornot.net >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > -- > > Daniel > > > > -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://gameornot.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
