[7.2] R/W mount of / denied. Filesystem not clean - run fsck.

[Marat N.Afanasyev]

Helmut Schneider wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> after upgrading a few systems yesterday from 7.1-RELEASE to 7.2-RELEASE 
> on one machine I got the error above. The problem was that
> 
> - I was unable to cope with it but booting from a live CD.
> - the message appeared ~ 1000 times and then the kernel paniced.
> 
> After fsck'ing / with the help of the live CD I rebooted the machine but 
> now I got the same problem with /home.
> 
> How can I avoid such issues (except of not letting the machine crash)? 
> Is there a way to boot at least to single user mode and then run fsck (I 
> was at home, far away from the machine, not funny)?
> 
> Thanks, Helmut
> 
if there's a problem with home you can change

PermitRoorLogin yes

in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, restart sshd, login as root, unmount home and 
fsck it. if you have another machine in there, you can try to make a 
serial console. or install a ip-kvm extender ;)

-- 
SY, Marat
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