Boot for a live cd (does not matter much, the install is also possible). i'm not sure where in the process it prompts for your password, it might be when you scan and activate the lvm or when you mount the partition you will have to see.
If you are on a live cd install lvm2: sudo apt-get install lvm2 - scan and activate lvm sudo lvscan sudo lvchange -ay - you can now run fsck: fsck /dev/mapper/vg0-root Mount your partition. mount /dev/mapper/vg0-root /mnt chroot /mnt On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 17:17 +0100, Francesco Peeters wrote: > Daniel Pittman wrote: > > Thomas Sprinkmeier <thomas.sprinkme...@gmail.com> writes: > > > > > >> I installed U9.10 on my laptop with full-disk encryption. Worked great. > >> > >> Then I installed GIT, which wanted postfix, which in turn wanted upstart, > >> which warned me to run somethingOrOther. > >> > >> It was late, I was tired...... > >> > >> Now I have a brick that boots up, decrypts the disk and then scrolls > >> up error messages about "read-only filesystem". > >> > > > > Strange; sounds like maybe a fsck isn't run, or the remount to r/w doesn't > > work. If you can get the exact details that would help. Look to use > > shift-pageup to scroll back on the console, or the "scroll lock" key to > > pause > > it. > > > > > >> So far Google has failed me (or perhaps, my gogle skills have failed me). > >> > >> Anyone know a quicker solution that reinstall-from-scratch or > >> replicate-idiotic-mistake-in-VM (and this time note down what > >> "somethingOrOther" is)? > >> > > > > Try the above. Try booting to "recovery" mode from grub, rather than to a > > full system, and see if that helps. Try booting the rescue mode on the > > install CD, if you used the alternate installer, and see if that helps. > > > > Failing anything else, boot a LiveCD and use that to mount the disk by hand > > and try and fix the problem. Which needs identification of it, of course. > > :) > > > > Daniel > > > It is probably too late though, as I am guessing from the sequence in > the OP's OP, that this was before he rebooted. The chance of it still > being there after a reboot are pretty slim... > > But it is worth a try to see whether the message is repeated on reboot! > -- > FP > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
