"read-only file system" message on boot

maye · 01-08-2009, 09:00 PM

Hi all, yesterday I made a wipe install of puppy 412, and accidentally delete the grub files. So I had had to install it again (grub) automatically. After that I found the "read-only file system" message on boot.I would appreciate any solution. Best regards.

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 01-08-2009, 09:35 PM

Check your /etc/fstab to see how your filesystems are being mounted. Do:

Code:

cat /etc/fstab

You can also try as root (do not use grahical login):

Code:

mount -o remount /

to see if that fixes it.

jamescondron · 01-08-2009, 10:36 PM

You'll have fun editing fstab when the fs is read only. First you need to remount it as read/write, so try

Code:

# mount -o rw,remount /dev/sda1 /

with 'sda1' replaced with whatever your root device is

then make sure you edit fstab, check where the issue is.

Weird, though, that grub-install would do this