Re: /boot is readonly file system -why?
Bingo - thanks
Glenn
> First of all, you are correct that /boot is mounted read-only in
> accordance with /etc/fstab's settings. This is done because it contains
> data that is very important to the function of the system, and being
> read-only makes it very hard to accidentally damage it.
>
> That said, you do need to open it to writing any time a package with
> files there is updated or installed. To do this without unmounting or
> rebooting:
>
> $ mount -o remount,rw /boot
>
> And proceed with the install. After installation is complete, return
> /boot to it's original state. (You don't really have to, but again, it's
> a good idea to protect that critical data).
>
> $ mount -o remount,ro /boot
>
> If anything about this options isn't obvious, the complete descriptions
> will be in `man mount`.
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