kernel 2.6.1 ( ext3 filesystem) readonly

[Gandalf2041]

I have the same problem but worse I think. The last line stops at

Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D for normal startup):

I can give the pw and get to a command prompt but, I can edit anything b/c the root filesystem is mounted read-only. What now???

[stumbles]

Originally posted by Gandalf2041
I have the same problem but worse I think. The last line stops at

Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D for normal startup):

I can give the pw and get to a command prompt but, I can edit anything b/c the root filesystem is mounted read-only. What now???

You could do this;

mount rw,remount /

or whatever partition is of concern.

[Gandalf2041]

Thanks for the quick reply. When I try your suggestion, I get the following error:

"can't create lock file /etc/mtab~179: Read-only file system (use -n flag to override) So, I try:

mount -n rw, remount / and get:

"mount: you must specify the filesystem type" So I try:

mount -n rw -t reiserfs,remount / and get:

"mount: fs type remount not supported by kernel"

Apparently I'm not the brightest crayon in the box :p

[SuperNu]

I have a question. Why is your subject talking about mounting an ext3 partition, but your mount command using a reiserfs partition? If you are trying to mount an ext3 partition, change reiserfs to ext3. Also, the ext3/reiserfs kernel module might not be loaded, so see if you can /sbin/modprobe ext3 or reiserfs (or whatever the reiserfs module is called).

--SN

[Gandalf2041]

SuperNu,

I can seem why that would be confusing. Actually, I responded to a thread started by another user. The admins broke it off into a new subject. I am indeed using reiserfs.

[j79zlr]

did you compile support for resier into the kernel?

[Gandalf2041]

j79zlr,

I'm pretty sure I did. I've decided to just start over and see if I have them same problem. Maybe I did miss something. I'll post the results of my second attempt. Thanks for all the help

[Gandalf2041]

OK, Looks like all is well with the world :) Not sure what I did wrong the first time but I guess second time is a charm. There was one quirk however, I followed the Gentoo Installation Guide EXACTLY. It says to setup grub.conf as follows:

default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux 2.4.22
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.4.22 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/hda3
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-2.4.22

Now, obviously I changed the kernel name but, the funny thing is, I had to remove the "initrd" line before it would boot. What exactly does this line do?