On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 04:36:18 +0100, Sven K�hler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > it seems that the rootfs (a reiserfs) is damanged. > > The problem is, that i cannot remount the rootfs read-only after the > system has been booted completly. > > - how can i tell gentoo to do a real complete check of the rootfs at > startup (where the rootfs should be read-only mounted) > - how can i do that via ssh on a running system > - which paramters can i pass when booting gentoo, so that it boots into > maintainance mode where the rootfs is still mounted read-only? >
Answer to both questions: you can't do this booted from your gentoo system (standard *nix problem - checking a fs requires read only mode, but root fs is r/w when booted.) What you need to do is get a LiveCD (almost any distro, Knoppix, etc). Boot from the CD, mount your gentoo root fs as read only, and run your filessytem check and/or recovery utilities. HTH, -- Collins -- [email protected] mailing list
