Redhat 6.1 wouldn't boot complete

[Hong F Du]

Hi All,

When booting it went through the file system clean check for /dev/hd10
which is where my root / is. It then prompt a message "Remounting root
files system in read-write mode [OK]", stop there.

So I downloaded an ramf-78.exe rescue file from metalab and booted it
from floppy. I check my original /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit and found the
following lines:

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#Remount the root filesystem read-write
action "Remounting root files system in read-write mode" mount -n -o
remount, rw /
#Add /proc to /etc/mtab
mount -f -t proc /proc /proc
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Since the line of 'mount -f -t proc /proc /proc' is after the remounting
filesystem action, would it be the mount proc causing the problem? The
rescue boot disk doesn't have editor and I cannot editor any file. Any
solution to my problem? Thank you.

feng

[Hong F Du]

I did what you said and also booted with init=/bin/csh too(booting with csh ables
me to run e2fsck on /dev/hda10 before remounting /). Each time I issued the command
to remount / into rw mode, the system just stopped there. So I think all my
problems is in mounting the / into rw mode, but I don't know how to fix it. I need
more help on this matter. Thank you.

feng

Mihai LEONTESCU wrote:

> You'll have to try this manually
> Restart your linux box and when lilo prompts type
> linux root=/dev/hd10 init=/bin/sh
>
> after this you will get the prompt (you booted the single user mode)
> now, you have to remount your root partition rw because it's readonly
> you got to do like this
> sync
> umount -n /
> mount / -o remount,rw
>
> now you have full access to your files, and you can edit them
>
> oh, do not mount proc before root :) and mount proc or else you'll have
> some tiny problems :)
>
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[Hong F Du]

I deeply appreciate you help. I did exactly what you said. After I typed in
'mount / -o remount,rw', I got the following messages:
EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,10)): ext2_check_inodes_bitmap: Wrong free inodes
count in group 6, stored= 14598, counted = 14597

Then a blinking cursor appeared without # sign as before. Everything was
stopped. The system didn't respond to any command any more. I waited for it for
a long time, it was still like that. I had to use Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot the
system

What does the error message meant? How do I fix this problem so that my system
can boot normally? Thank you again.

feng

Mihai LEONTESCU wrote:

> use init=/bin/sh
> after this you have to sync disks (use sync)
> then umount the root filesystem : umount /
> then: mount / -o remount,rw
> then fsck /dev/hda10
> that should do the trick
>
> Mihai Leontescu
> http://misu.bv.ro
> Remember that the enemy is listening...