Thank you every one ... I think I have enough leads to figure out this issue from here. I appreciate your help and leads very much.
Frank: I was connecting to my host over ssh and all I did was close out my terminal window on Mac OS, start a new one and the funky characters went away. // Sal On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:28 AM, g <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/04/2011 03:17 PM, Salvador Aguinaga wrote: > <snip> > > > chmod: changing permissions of `.bashrc': Read-only file system > > this is telling you than your system is mounting as a > "Read-only file system" and you can not write to a "read-only" system. > > therefore; > > 1st: > boot system, check "/etc/fstab" to see if "/" drive has "ro" in 4th field. > read "man fstab". > > if fstab shows "ro", boot a live cd/dvd or install cd/dvd in rescue mode > and > select mounting of drive(s). in command line, change to mounted drive and > 'etc' directory, edit fstab to change "ro" to "rw". > > 2nd: > boot system without graphics to show boot process. that is, press <tab> key > at 1st start of boot to get boot menu. read instructions at bottom of menu. > > press <e> to edit, select kernel line and press <e>. then left arrow to > words "rhgb" and "quiet" and delete them. press <enter> when done. > > press <b> to boot and watch text for line "welcome to scientific linux". in > following lines, you will see mounting of drive(s). watch for errors. > > if you see errors and drive is being mounted 'read-only', press > <ctrl_alt_delete> to break out of boot. > > boot a live cd/dvd or install cd/dvd in rescue mode. with drive unmounted, > run "fsck" to check disk. > ___ > > not to 'put you off', but a good place to search for linux help is; > > > http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en&output=linux&restrict=linux&num=100 > > in example, at line reading 'this exact wording or phrase:', entering; > Read-only+file+system > will produce 7,970 hits, as such; > > > http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Read-only%2Bfile%2Bsystem%22&hl=en&num=100&lr=&ft=i&cr=&safe=images&btnmeta%3Dsearch%3Dlinux= > > where you will find many more causes of a 'read-only' file systems. > ___ > > hth. > > -- > > peace out. > > tc.hago, > > g > . > > **** > in a free world without fences, who needs gates. > ** > help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. > ** > to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. > to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. > ** > learn linux: > 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html > 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ > 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html > 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ > **** > >
