Re: "cannot create /boot/grub/grub.cfg.new: Read-only file system" on a Power Mac G5
Hello Len,
Here's what the mounts are like:
TARGET SOURCE FSTYPE OPTIONS
/ /dev/sda3 ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro
├─/sys sysfs sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime
│ ├─/sys/kernel/security securityfs securityfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime
│ ├─/sys/fs/cgroup cgroup2 cgroup2 rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nsdelegate,memory_recursiveprot
│ ├─/sys/fs/bpf bpf bpf rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700
│ ├─/sys/kernel/tracing tracefs tracefs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime
│ ├─/sys/kernel/debug debugfs debugfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime
│ ├─/sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl fusectl rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime
│ └─/sys/kernel/config configfs configfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime
├─/proc proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime
│ └─/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc systemd-1 autofs rw,relatime,fd=34,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=7525
│ └─/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime
├─/dev udev devtmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,size=436544k,nr_inodes=6821,mode=755,inode64
│ ├─/dev/pts devpts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000
│ ├─/dev/shm tmpfs tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,inode64
│ ├─/dev/hugepages hugetlbfs hugetlbfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,pagesize=16M
│ └─/dev/mqueue mqueue mqueue rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime
├─/run tmpfs tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=98816k,mode=755,inode64
│ ├─/run/lock tmpfs tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=5120k,inode64
│ ├─/run/user/1000 tmpfs tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=98752k,nr_inodes=24688,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000,inode64
│ ├─/run/user/107 tmpfs tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=98752k,nr_inodes=24688,mode=700,uid=107,gid=116,inode64
│ ├─/run/credentials/systemd-journald.service ramfs ramfs ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nosymfollow,mode=700
│ ├─/run/credentials/systemd-udev-load-credentials.service ramfs ramfs ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nosymfollow,mode=700
│ ├─/run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev-early.service ramfs ramfs ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nosymfollow,mode=700
│ ├─/run/credentials/systemd-sysctl.service ramfs ramfs ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nosymfollow,mode=700
│ ├─/run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service ramfs ramfs ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nosymfollow,mode=700
│ ├─/run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service ramfs ramfs ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nosymfollow,mode=700
│ └─/run/credentials/getty@tty1.service ramfs ramfs ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nosymfollow,mode=700
├─/tmp tmpfs tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,nr_inodes=1048576,inode64
└─/boot/grub /dev/sda2 hfs ro,relatime,uid=0,gid=0
>So what do you have mounted as /boot and/or /boot/grub?
>
>I know some people in the past very incorrectly mounted their UEFI boot
>partion as /boot or /boot/grub and that can be a problem. Of course
>that doesn't apply to powerpc so I guess something else is the problem.
>
>If /boot/grub is readonly, then clearly something isn't mounted right.
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