Code to change from read-only file system to read/write file system?

[stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net]

Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Antonio Augusto (Mancha) wrote:
>   
>> Hey Hakan,
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 16:37, Hakan Koseoglu <hakan.koseoglu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Steven,
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:30 PM,  <stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net> wrote:>
>>> Hakan Koseoglu wrote:
>>>       
>>>>> Steven,
>>>>>           
>>>> /dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw, relatime,errors=remount-ro)  []
>>>> (trimmed)
>>>>         
>>> OK, that's good. You DO have a writable root partition.
>>>       
>> Just to point one thing out: recently I've ended with a read-only file
>> system in jaunty, and when doing a mount it woul print exactly that:
>> saying that my root was rw, but, in fact it was read only...
>> Maybe this is happening with Steven.
>>
>> Just some heads up.
>>
>>     
>>> Now, type the following:
>>>
>>> sudo su -
>>>
>>> enter your password when prompted.
>>>
>>> And then do the following:
>>>
>>> touch /etc/X11/test
>>>
>>> And please send us the results.
>>>       
> Hakan,
>
> good that you are guiding Steven in a sensible, step by step way.
>
> At this point, I would suggest to do a fschk from an external media. If 
> this will not fix it, Steven might try a repair installation from his 
> Jaunty CD.
>
> Lastly the windows user's favourite method of repair will be at hand.
>
> 2 eurocents from me
>
> kind reagards
> Eberhard
>
> There is the one other possibility.  I haven't entered the pci=nomsi in the boot instructions.  I don't know how to do it, but it was necessary to get a screen when I first installed the system.  Because it was added to an existing command, and some part of the command had been deleted, I believe, I suspect it should be installed in a specific place.  Are you familiar with the entry?  It is for my memory configuration or motherboard 780a chip or the Quad processor, I don't know, it just took me from a black screen to a GUI when I first installed the system.  I believe it has something to do with the video card too perhaps.  Do you want a list of my components to understand if it is necessary.  Heim said it was.
>   

Steven