Ubuntu VM "read only file system" fix?
- by David
I was going to install VMWare tools on an Ubuntu server Virtual Machine, but I ran into the issue of not being able to create a cdrom directory in the /mnt directory. I then tested to see if it was just a permissions issue, but I couldn't even create a folder in the home directory. It continues to state that it is a read only file system. I know a little about Linux, and I'm not comfortable with it yet. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Requested Information from a comment:
username@servername:~$ mount /dev/sda1 on / type ext4
(rw,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc
type proc (rw) none on /sys type sysfs
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on
/sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl
(rw) none on /sys/kernel/debug type
debugfs (rw) none on
/sys/kernel/security type securityfs
(rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs
(rw,mode=0755) none on /dev/pts type
devpts
(rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs
(rw,nosuid,nodev) none on /var/run
type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) none
on /var/lock type tmpfs
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on
/lib/init/rw type tmpfs
(rw,nosuid,mode=0755) binfmt_misc on
/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type
binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
For sure root output.
root@server01:~# mount /dev/sda1 on /
type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro) proc
on /proc type proc (rw) none on /sys
type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type
fusectl (rw) none on /sys/kernel/debug
type debugfs (rw) none on
/sys/kernel/security type securityfs
(rw) udev on /dev type tmpfs
(rw,mode=0755) none on /dev/pts type
devpts
(rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs
(rw,nosuid,nodev) none on /var/run
type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) none
on /var/lock type tmpfs
(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on
/lib/init/rw type tmpfs
(rw,nosuid,mode=0755) binfmt_misc on
/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type
binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
