Did 'shutdown -F now' and now only comes up in Read Only Mode (even in Single User)

Did 'shutdown -F now' and now only comes up in Read Only Mode (even in Single User)


Author: Charles G. Hopkins
Email: chopkins1@home.com

System Architecture: Intel
RedHat Release: RHL 5.1 (Manhattan)
FAQ Category: Booting and LILO
Modification Date: Dec 11, 1998

Question:

I wanted to force my Linux box to shut down and force an FSCK of all 
file systems on the machine.  However, when it tried to come up it 
would only come up in READ ONLY MODE on ALL filesystems.  

Even when at the 'LILO boot:' prompt and going into Single User 
mode it did it.

Please do not email me unless asking questions about this particular 
problem.  I do not claim to be a LINUX god.  I had help solving the 
problem from users on the #Linux IRC.

Answer:

Do the following to remedy the situation:

1. at 'LILO boot:' type 'linux 1'
2. cd /
3. rm forcefsck
4. cd /etc/rc.d
5. chmod a+x /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit

Hope this helps.

References:

None specified.