Re: Root partition stuck in read-only mode.

["Lloyd Zusman" <ljz@asfast.com>]

Thank you VERY much for this help.

I have a question though ... see below:

> Lloyd Zusman said:
>
>>   #/dev/sda2   /      ext3   errors=remount-ro     0 1
>>   /dev/sda2    /      ext3                         0 1
>                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> in the options field try putting 'defaults'
>
> you can also jump to runlevel 1 'init 1', and when you login
> type:
>
> mount / -o remount,rw

I did this, but I got the following error ...

  mount: /dev/sda2 already mounted or / busy
  mount: according to mtab, /dev/sda2 is already mounted on /

Do you know a way around this?

Thanks again ...

- Lloyd




> then
>
> mount -a
>
> then you should be set ..to edit fstab and stuff.
>
>> Does any of this sound familiar?  Can any of you suggest some
>> diagnostics that I can run that might help me zero in on the
>> problem?
>
> I think perhaps the lack of anything in the options field made the
> system think that your mounting it with the option of '0', which
> may mean read-only for all I know :)  Also linux will remount
> a filesystem read only if there is excessive errors, either filesystem
> or disk/controller based. but this process doesn't affect how the
> disk is mounted the next time the system boots. You will see a message
> like "Remounting <filesystem> read-only" after seeing a bunch of
> errors on the screen if this occurs. It's only occured to me on
> a failing disk.
>
>
> nate
>
>
>
>
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 Lloyd Zusman
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