[oclug]Couldn't open /proc/mounts/ No such file or directory

[Ahmed Masud]

olga streltchenko wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I run into the following problem on boot.
> 
> Once the time comes for the file system check I get the following:
>  Couldn't open /proc/mounts/ No such file or directory
                              ^  the trailing slash is not good
/proc/mounts is a file not a directory

 > followed by a complaint that /proc/partitions doesn't exist.

Seems like /proc is not mounted at all during startup put an entry like:

none	/proc	proc	defaults	0  0

in your /etc/fstab file



Boot by hand using lilo

lilo: linux init=/bin/bash

Booting by hand using grub, use the help available at the bottom of the 
grub menu to find out how to edit the bootup lines.... typically 'e' 
puts you in edit mode.

Just put init=/bin/bash at the end of the line.


... kernel boot messages ...

eventually you'll get:

init-<bash-version>#

e.g.
init-2.03#

on this prompt:

init-2.03# mount -t proc none /proc
init-2.03# mount -o remount,rw /

if your /usr is seperate partition then

init-2.03# mount /dev/hdXY /usr

where hdXY is the actual disk and partition

init-2.03# vi /etc/fstab

Here vi is whatever editor you are okay with..
make the above mentioned changes and save

Now the following are VERY IMPORTANT!!!!

init-2.03# umount /usr
init-2.03# mount -o remount,ro /
init-2.03# umount /proc

Okay things are safe now, you can now emulate a boot up

init-2.03# exec /sbin/init


Cheers,

Ahmed.