Re: Root partition stuck in read-only mode.
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 21:08:56 -0500 (EST)
"Lloyd Zusman" <ljz@asfast.com> wrote:
> 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?
I'm not sure but I think it should be
mount -o remount,rw /
HTH
Shawn
>
> 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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> God bless you.
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