Hi all I am following the How to for Ubuntu 10.04 server setup. I entered the following commands as instructed touch /aquota.user /aquota.group chmod 600 /aquota.* mount -o remount / quotacheck -avugm quotaon -avug but after reboot i get the message mount: / not mounted already, or bad option mountall: mount / [450] terminated with status 32 mountall: Filesystem could not be mounted: / i'm guessing I shouldnt of had the / at the end of the third line? is there any way I can recover from this without having to start the whole process from scratch? Any help would be appreciated Cheers
formatting went a bit funny there. should be touch /aquota.user /aquota.group chmod 600 /aquota.* mount -o remount / quotacheck -avugm quotaon -avug After reboot i get the message mount: / not mounted already, or bad option mountall: mount / [450] terminated with status 32 mountall: Filesystem could not be mounted: /
Ok I decided to blank the hard disk and start again. My question now is Do I have to setup the quotas to have a properly working server? if yes, could anyone tell me what is going wrong, i.e. what is disabling the filesystem? Cheers
No. The only thing is that you can't limit your users file system usage without quota. Is this a physical server or a virtual machine?
Morning I followed the guide and did everything except the quota part. I'm very pleased with the results as everything seems to be working perfectly (apart from a few minor port issues with the router). Im scared that if I try it again it will mess up the mounting of the filesystem. I would like to have it as perfect as possible, so if I backup /etc/fstab first, how could I restore it if it all goes wrong? Or do you think I should leave alone? And just as a quick aside is /etc/fstab where I would mount the cdrom drive permenently? cheers
You mean if it doesn't boot? I've never seen that happen with the instructions, but just in case: boot from a Live CD - this guide should give you the idea: http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-reset-a-forgotten-root-password-with-knoppix But if you don't need quota, you can leave the system as is. Yes.
Hi Thanks for that. In that case then I think i'll leave it as is for now until im a bit more confident about what I'm doing. Thanks for all your help and advice.
