Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 30 Aug 2001 11:37:02 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Linux Mounting problem |
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On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Venkatesh Ramachandran wrote:
> Hello, > I am using Redhat Linux 7.1 > During reboot, i get the message " Mounting / as readonly" > And, it enters into maintenance mode...( & all other steps fail - > /proc not mounted, swap not mounted, fsck fails) > I did the following : > mount -t proc proc /proc > fsck /dev/hda1 > The following error messages : ERROR : Couldn't open /dev/null > (Read-only file system) >
First, verify that /dev/null is a character device, major=1, minor=3. `file /dev/null`. It may have gotten changed to some real file because of some errors.
In maintenance mode do:
/sbin/mount -n -o remount /dev/hda1 # Mount r/w, no write to /etc/mtab /bin/rm /dev/null # Delete it /bin/mknod /dev/null c 1 3 # Make a new one /bin/chmod 777 /dev/null # Accessible by everyone in all modes /bin/chown root.sys /dev/null # Standard ownership /sbin/umount /dev/hda1 # Now unmount it /sbin/mount /proc /proc -t proc # You can mount it if you want /sbin/e2fsck -f /dev/hda1 # Fix the disk ... After you fix the errors ... `exec /sbin/init auto` (or exit if from a startup script)
Cheers, Dick Johnson
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