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

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