--- "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 07:24:15PM -0800, Linux > Pquter wrote: > > > When the system tried to come up, it couldnt mount > > root. It dropped me straight into single user > mode. > > It _did_ mount root, otherwise you could not be in > single user mode. > What errors did you get, when, exactly? If you > mount /proc, what does > /proc/mounts show? > Your system appears to have shut down uncleanly Press Y within X seconds to force file system integrity check... Checking root filesystem (null): The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem, then the superblock is corrupt, and you may try dunning e2fsck with an alternate superblock fsck.ext2: Is a directory while trying to open / ... Give root password for maintenance or Control-D for normal startup -------------------- This is what I meant by not being able to mount root and dropping me to single user. When I wrote this last night I was at home doing a memory dump. Now I copied what is on the screen at work. Yep, didn't have the time to do a thing about my system yet... cat /proc/mounts /dev/root / ext3 ro 0 0 --is the relevant entry -Mike > Cheers, > Stephen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
