[SOLVED] Read-only filesystem error

Hi there,
i'm trying to install Arch Linux (2012.10.06) about a week.
I have problem, that i can't connect to wired internet, because I have access only to wireless....
Let's begin, i read all of this:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … stallation
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ng_network
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup
My problems (can't access internet while installing arch):
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Img 2
Img 3
Img 4
Img 5
Img 6
I just don't know what to do...
Last edited by CauseLT (2012-10-30 22:13:16)

ewaller wrote:
I am not sure exactly what you are asking. I think you are asking as to whether you can install Arch alongside Ubuntu using the spare space on your drive. The answer is, yes. But, things can go wrong if there is pilot error.
From Ubuntu, please post the output of sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda and of mount.
As to your English -- it is far better than my Lithuanian. I regret that I have never mastered a second language; No need to apologize.
Disk /dev/sda: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders, total 1250263728 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0009b88f
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2046 849594367 424796161 5 Extended
/dev/sda4 849594368 1250260991 200333312 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda5 2048 7999487 3998720 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 8001536 203311103 97654784 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 203313152 849594367 323140608 83 Linux
mount:
/dev/sda6 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
sysfs 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 devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,size=10%,mode=0755)
none on /run/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=5242880)
none on /run/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /run/user type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,size=104857600,mode=0755)
/dev/sda7 on /home type ext4 (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/cause/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=cause)
/dev/sda4 i will delete durning Arch installation, because I don't use that partition (old Windows D disk)..
Last edited by CauseLT (2012-10-29 00:17:43)

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