What causes my /dev/hda2 (/) to remount in read only mode?

We're running Debian 3.0r2, filesystem is ext3 @ work.


There is a line in the fstab in /etc directory, which says /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro). By changing this line to /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-rw) without knowing the reason why the system remounts in read only is like giving aspirin to a man with a broken leg. I think I need to know why this happens before I can take any action.

so what can i do to remount my / directory in a writeable mode?

thank you for your help!

cruxx

The reason is that the system has foudn errors on the filesystem.

The best bet is to let it mount as ro as you cannot check the filesystem when it is rw.

the command to use is fsck, so:

fsck /dev/hda2

It will go through the check and report everything back to you.

Cheers,
Tefal

that doesnt work.. i tried it several times

if i run fsck /dev/hda2 there are no erros displayed so what can i do?

Try using the -c option:

fsck -c /dev/hda2

This will check for bad blocks on the file system.

Cheers,
Tefal

that doesn´t work either!

after testing linux tells me to reboot but that has no effects
what can i do?

I'm afraid I'm at a personal loss there now. One of the two commands have always worked for me.

Sorry,
Tefal