First REBOOT

carlocecchi · n00b Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 3

Hello,

I have recently just finished my first installation of Gentoo. On the first reboot, the following error appeared and I have no idea how to fix it? Could someone please help?

Error: Fsck could not correct all errors. Manual repair needed.

I know, it doesn't make much sense and I'm not sure what the errors are??....
HELP!
Carlo

stonent · Veteran Joined: 07 Aug 2003 Posts: 1139 Location: Texas

boot from the live cd and fsck /dev/(whatever it was)
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carlocecchi · n00b Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 3

I've fixed the fsck problem, but now I think I've changed the fstab file and I cannot fix my mistake as it's only allowing read only mode. How do I get Read/write capability to edit the fstab file to change it back?

All I did was change (for hda2) xfs to ext3 by mistake......

Thanks.

Maedhros · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:39 pm Post subject:

Use the livecd again. It's a very useful rescue tool, as well as an installation disc.

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carlocecchi · n00b Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 3

Hi,

I'm a real novice at this. How exactly do I fix the problem once booted from the cd? Do I have to edit the livecd fstab file, save it and then copy it to a particular directory? I'm just guessing now! sorry for the dumb questions.

Rgds
Carlo

Maedhros · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:09 pm Post subject:

No, just mount your partitions like you did to install Gentoo, and then edit /mnt/gentoo/etc/fstab. In this case you don't need to chroot, but sometimes you might. (For instance, if you forgot your root password, you could boot with the livecd, mount your partitions, chroot, and then run passwd to change it.)

That's all there is to it!

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