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From: Sthu Deus on 16 Jul 2010 13:40 Thank You for Your time and answer, Tom: > For example for / (assuming that it is sda1) > > init 1 > mount -o remount,ro / > fsck.ext2 -pf /dev/sda1 > tune2fs -O > [has_journal,]large_file,huge_file,extents,dir_index,uninit_bg /dev/sda1 > fsck.ext2 -fD /dev/sda1 > init 6 I have tried that and as a problem arose (it wouldn't boot - mount could not mount the device) and I read a lot of material on it - to solve it, so I can say, I have missed here fstab modification before mounting in ro mode - I destroyed all my work - the one I had before, and the one I've done trying to perform the advices. So, for those that would follow the way, I would warn, Think well BEFORE what You gonna do - or You have to be a programmer or some additional and trust worthy equipment - to restore things in case they will go wrong - and they CAN go wrong... For the same OS said it sees a dev, and at the same time it said, No such device! Thanks for all who have participate. Let's finish the topic on this sad end. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c409919.487e0e0a.2728.ffff9652(a)mx.google.com
From: Tom H on 20 Jul 2010 04:30 On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Sthu Deus <sthu.deus(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Tom: > >> For example for / (assuming that it is sda1) >> >> init 1 >> mount -o remount,ro / >> fsck.ext2 -pf /dev/sda1 >> tune2fs -O >> [has_journal,]large_file,huge_file,extents,dir_index,uninit_bg /dev/sda1 >> fsck.ext2 -fD /dev/sda1 >> init 6 > > I have tried that and as a problem arose (it wouldn't boot - mount > could not mount the device) and I read a lot of material on it - to > solve it, so I can say, I have missed here fstab modification before > mounting in ro mode - I destroyed all my work - the one I had before, > and the one I've done trying to perform the advices. > > So, for those that would follow the way, I would warn, Think well > BEFORE what You gonna do - or You have to be a programmer or some > additional and trust worthy equipment - to restore things in case they > will go wrong - and they CAN go wrong... For the same OS said it sees a > dev, and at the same time it said, No such device! > > Thanks for all who have participate. Let's finish the topic on this sad > end. I'm sorry that something went wrong for you but I have used this procedure a few times without a hitch (over a dozen times if I include tests). In the same way that I forgot to add an fstab edit line to this procedure above, I have forgotten to edit fstab a few of those times also without any problems because an ext4 filesystem can be mounted as an ext2 filesystem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTim5WaKiHbvCV3RPTnsJ8Us-2TbskhPhqQFVuJX4(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Sthu Deus on 25 Jul 2010 13:10
Thank You for Your time and answer, Tom: > I'm sorry that something went wrong for you but I have used this > procedure a few times without a hitch (over a dozen times if I include > tests). In the same way that I forgot to add an fstab edit line to > this procedure above, I have forgotten to edit fstab a few of those > times also without any problems because an ext4 filesystem can be > mounted as an ext2 filesystem. Please, don't worry. I saw how good the FS was working (under a live ubuntu CD) after the steps You said me to do - main problem is my little knowledge on the kernel, init at boot time working - I still has no clue - WHY the partition was not mounted. I saw on internet that people were reporting about success w/ mount version even less than was mine... It is kind of things when You are sure about something, but then it suddenly fails and You: first greatly amazed, secondly just do not know what to think or do. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c4c6e22.0503970a.774c.4a51(a)mx.google.com |