Early in the boot process your root file system is mounted read-only.
Then /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit changes it to read-write after setting the
hostname and after a few other initialization procedures. The hang
prevented your computer from doing "mount -n -o remount,rw /".
When you power your computer off without a normal shutdown, you can
expect to need a new fsck. After the "fsck -a -A" in single user mode,
you might try Ctrl-D (not Ctrl-C) to go the rest of the way up, or perhaps
"/sbin/init 5" or "/sbin/reboot". If all else fails, you could at least
get around the "Read-only file system" complaint by doing the "mount -n -o
remount,rw /" command yourself, but I wouldn't be surprised if you then
find more problems later in the boot. Even if you manage to get it all
the way up, I think you should reboot just in case your computer still
isn't in a normal state.
On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Alex Chau wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am having problem with my linux V7.1
>
> It cannot be boot up normall as it hangs there
>
> I did tried to boot into single user mode :
> boot: linux single
>
> then in there, i tried fsck -a -A
> And everything is cleaned up
>
> but the problem is still there
>
>
> Here is what I got my the screen
> When booting up:
> ==============================================
> :
> :
> :
> Welcome to Red Hat Linux
> Press 'I' to enter interactive startup.
> Mounting proc filesystem: [OK]
> Configuring kernel parameters [OK]
> Setting clock (localtime) ..... [OK]
> Loading default keymap (us): [OK]
> Activating swap partitions: [OK]
> Setting hostname sonic: [OK]
>
> (HANG HERE)
> (Then I tried to press Ctrl-C), then i see more as below:
> INIT: Entering runlevel: 5
> /etc/rc.d/rc: /var/run/runlevel.dir: Read-only file system
> Checking for new hardware [OK]
> touch: /var/local/subsys/kudzu: Read-only file system
> (HANG HERE FOREVER, no response whatever I tried)
>
> I did tried to press Ctrl-Alt-Del here, then I can see:
> Sending all processes the TERM signal... [OK]
> Sending all processes the KILL signal... [OK]
> (HANG here forever, need to disconnect all power)
>
> that's my problem, cannot boot up, cannot shut down, even tried to fsck -a -A all
>filesystem
>
> Alex Chau
>
>
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Steven Yellin
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