Topic: Server starup error

[bas60]

I shutdown the server to relocate it.

Upon power on Server startup error:

checking filesystem 
fsck.ext3 No such file or directory while trying to open  ~/dev/main/root
~/dev/main/root:

Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D to continue)

Looks like I've got an error in FSTAB !

How can I fix this - since only mount as readonly

[guest22]

How did you shutdown?

[bas60]

yes I did...

and i usually wait about a minute if I'm moving things ta make sure drive spun down

[janet]

yes I did..

But how......
ie did you press the power button
Or
isue a command
eg
signal-event halt

You could try booting up to the sme installCD/DVD/USB & troubleshoot

[CharlieBrady]

checking filesystem 
fsck.ext3 No such file or directory while trying to open  ~/dev/main/root
~/dev/main/root:

Are you sure that ~ is there?

Looks like I've got an error in FSTAB !

Maybe. If so, how did it get there? Have you been editing /etc/fstab?

How can I fix this - since only mount as readonly

You can remount rw by doing:

mount -o remount,rw /

and after you make changes, do:

mount -o remount,ro /

and then reboot.

Or you can boot from CD and use the rescue option.