Action

If /var is a separate filesystem on the machine, and is not yet mounted, mount it now. If the filesystem containing /var is mounted read-only, remount it read-write with a command similar to this:

# mount -o rw,remount /

Then type Control-d and try to bring up the system multi-user. If that fails, the root filesystem is probably corrupted. Run fsck(1M) on the root filesystem, halt the machine, power cycle the CPU, and wait for the system to reboot. Should this problem still occur, restore the root filesystem from backup tapes, or re-install the system from net or CD-ROM to replace the root filesystem.