Hi
put the line
read-only
in your lilo.conf (normally /etc/lilo.conf) & then re-run lilo as:
lilo
Reboot the system & the error should vanish !
Sreeji
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, san_chat wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For some days now, whenever I try to boot into Linux,
> the booting stops saying that the root file system is read
> only. Hence I tried
>
> LILO : linux rw
>
> at the boot prompt. It worked, but why the problem
> occured in the first place, I don't know. I had not
> in any way changed the /etc/fstab file.
> Any ideas ??
>
> Recently I got a hint. The time shown by my computer
> is the same as the one at which I switched off the computer.
> The time starts ticking only when I restart the computer
> and stops again when I switch it off.
> Is this because of a problem with the motherboard's
> battery ? I believe that the life of the battery has not
> 'finished ' as the motherboard itself is only about
> 7 months old.
> Also , has this got anything to do with the problem
> I am facing during the boot process ?
>
> Please help me out .
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
> Santanu Chatterjee.
>
>
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