On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 11:14 -0500, Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, Tim wrote:
> >
> >> tbrowder:
> >>>> ata5: error=0x04 { DriveStat ...: 1 Time(s)
> >>>> ata5: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } ...: 1 Time(s)
> >>>> ata6: error=0x84 { DriveStat ...: 1 Time(s)
> >>>> ata6: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } ...: 1 Time(s)
> >>
> >> On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 16:20 -0500, Thad Nielsen wrote:
> >>> System is having difficulty reading the drive. If it is a CD or DVD
> >>> drive, is there a good, readable disc in it? If it is a hard drive,
> >>> it is time to try fsck. Good luck!
> >
> > OK. If I do e2fsck -cvfy, it says that because the drive is mounted, I could
> > cause damage. Fine. I umount -a it, then try again, and...
> > it still says this. This is done after I type "shutdown now", whereby it
> > blows me to runlevel 1. Suggestions?
>
> If I don't want to do this using a rescue disk, is there another way I can
> unmount the drives?
>
shutdown -F will force an fsck on the reboot and drives will certainly
be unmounted (or in read only mode for / ) then.
No need to boot to rescue mode or anything else that way.
