Re: please help my root fs is read only

[nodata <fedora nodata co uk>]

On Sat, 2005-05-07 at 08:38 -0700, Rob wrote:
> I have no idea what happned.  When I checked my mail this morning I
> got an error deleting a message so I wen't to the server and
> discovered the root fs was somehow readonly.  I tried to remount it
> and it said it was a read only device. I rebooted, when grub came up I
> noticed "ro" in the options. I removed that and it still booted read
> only. I have no idea what to do. Can anyone give me some advice? 
> 
> Thanks
> 
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Make sure you have a backup. Check your messages log.
Boot into single user mode. Run fsck. Reboot.
Boot into single user mode, run mount -o remount -a, see what happens.
Edit /etc/fstab.