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From: Michael Kollier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 19:23:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Can't remount root fs read/write ** This message was sent from the EUGLUG message board. Since ** ** the person who submitted this question may not be on the ** ** mailing list, please reply directly or on the message board: ** ** http://www.euglug.org/board.phtml?id=137 ** Please help. I just attempted to install quotas on my root filesystem. I followed directions by setting the option field in the /dev/fstab file to defaults,usrquota,grpquota for the root filesystem line. I may have made a typo. On rebooting I got the following error: Remounting root filesystem in read/write mode: / not mounted already, or bad option. Then the boot quickly fails as the root filesystem is left in read only mode. I have a boot diskette and can get to the boot prompt but don't know what to do to correct the matter. My syslinux.cfg is as follows: default linux prompt 1 display boot.msg timeout 100 label linux kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/hda5 Any help greatly appreciated if only to point to another forum. Thanks. ----- End forwarded message -----
