Setup woes

[Bill Vance]

On Sat Dec  1 00:18:39 2007 Bill Vance wrote:
>
>Howdy folks;
>
>Finally getting back to the job at hand, dealling with one of the many distro/
>install problems.
>
>Ok, starting up the 7.04 system installed, sorta crashes, (not completely),
>with the following error message(s).  There's a lot more afterwards, but one
>thing at a time, (this isn't the only faulty partition, but is the one fsck
>is dying on so far.
>
>
>/var: Reisrfs super block in block 16  on 0x805 of format 3.6 with standard
>journal
>Blocks (total/free): 2640672/2517442 by 4096 bytes
>Filesystem is clean
>Failed to open the device 'UUID=96e20c1e-6919-4621-ad05-ff7074387447': No such


OOPS!  That last line should end with, "No such file or directory".  More on
this problem, see below.


>/var: Reiserfs super block in block 16 on 0x805 of format 3.6 with standard
>journal
>Blocks (total/free): 2640672/2517442 by 4096 bytes
>Filesystem is clean
>fsck died with exit status 0
>  ...fail!
>* File system check failed
>A log is being saved in /var/log/fsck/checkfs if that location is writable.
>Please repair the file system manually.
>
>
>And then doesn't give the slightest clue as to how to do that.
>
>I'd send the file, or at least the pertenant parts, but the floppy disk is
>yet another problem, and this machine is not the one I'm currently emailing
>from.  Both machines share one monitor, (plug/unplug), so I have to write this
>all down by hand, and then type it in by hand.  Fun stuff.  I think I'll have a
>partial work around for that tomorrow, but I'll still have to type it in on
>this box.  *Sigh*
>
>Bill

Well, I found something that just might be the source of this and several other
problems, not to mention my current wailling and gnashing of teeth.  A file
no-ones mentioned yet, "/var/log/fsck/checkroot", says that, "/", is mounted
read only.  Thats a new one on me, but considering the system wide implications,
and before I do anything too stupid, is there an optimal way of dealling with
this?  Umount/mount from the boot shell?  Other options?

Bill


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