RE: boot error
AFAIK, the root filesystem is mounted read-write and remounted read-only
on errors...
Ron
On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Moore, Paul wrote:
> From: Ron Rademaker [mailto:ron@wep.tudelft.nl]
> > On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Sven Burgener wrote:
> >
> > > Anyone know why do I get the following error upon bootup:
> > >
> > > insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.15/misc/unix.o cannot create
> > > /var/log/ksymoops/20000619212757.ksyms Read Only Filesystem
> > >
> > Looks like your root file system is mounted read only, try to do (as
> > root): touch /a (if no error occurs, don't forget to do rm
> > /a). If it's mounted read only, you can remount it read-write, but
> > you better check out your /etc/fstab.
>
> But the message comes at bootup. AFAIK, the root FS is always mounted
> read-only in the first instance, and is then remounted read-write later in
> the boot sequence.
>
> So this looks like a problem in the base Debian boot sequence, trying to
> insmod unix.o too early in the boot process, before root is remounted.
>
> BTW, I have this problem too, so I can confirm that it occurs in a clean
> Potato (unofficial CDs from about 25th May) install.
>
> See bugs #51379 (seems to imply that it's fixed in modutils 2.3.7-1, but
> it's still there in my version, 2.3.11-6), #50921 (similar), #49059
> (different, but also ksymoops and the boot sequence).
>
> Paul.
>
> PS Is there really no search facility in the bug tracking system? I had to
> get a full listing, and then use my browser's search. And that only finds
> bugs with the word in the title :-(
>
>
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