* Root file system mounted read only
@ Doug Lawlor
` Kirk Reiser
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From: Doug Lawlor @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'
Hello all, after a long laps in time I am rebuilding my linux box and am
having a problem with my root file system being mounted read only instead of
being mounted read/write. I have been doing some looking and e2fsck -p tells
me the file system is clean when I scan it using the system rescue cd from
www.sysresccd.org. I have been noticing that devpts is being mounted
although it is disabled in the kernel which by the way is 2.6.11. I am truly
at a loss here on what to do about this. I have ran into a similar problem
in the past and am not sure how I fixed it. The distribution is gentoo and
is set up to use udev.
The file system is ext3 and is on partition /dev/hda3. I am using lvm for
/usr, /var, /home, /tmp and /opt.
I know this is all kind of sketchy at 4:30 in the morning so any help would
be well appreciated.
Glad to be back on the list again.
Doug
Doug Lawlor,
Email: dlawlor@warp.nfld.net
Skype: dlawlor1971
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Root file system mounted read only Doug Lawlor
@ ` Kirk Reiser
` Levi Campbell
` Janina Sajka
` Joseph C. Lininger
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kirk Reiser @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Hi Doug: I don't really know anything about the gentoo booting
sequence but it sounds like the root partition is not being remounted
after initial booting. On debian systems the first or at least very
early script which gets run is bootmisc.sh in /etc/init.d and
checkroot. On my system it used to be a script called just boot but
it looks as if that has been split up and the current script
responsible for the remount is checkroot.
That's about all I can suggest. Good luck.
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` Kirk Reiser
@ ` Levi Campbell
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From: Levi Campbell @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
have you tried asking in forums.gentoo.org?
On 05 Aug 2005 06:25:38 -0400, Kirk Reiser <kirk@braille.uwo.ca> wrote:
> Hi Doug: I don't really know anything about the gentoo booting
> sequence but it sounds like the root partition is not being remounted
> after initial booting. On debian systems the first or at least very
> early script which gets run is bootmisc.sh in /etc/init.d and
> checkroot. On my system it used to be a script called just boot but
> it looks as if that has been split up and the current script
> responsible for the remount is checkroot.
>
> That's about all I can suggest. Good luck.
>
> --
>
> Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility
> e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario
> phone: (519) 661-3061
>
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* Re: Root file system mounted read only
Root file system mounted read only Doug Lawlor
` Kirk Reiser
@ ` Janina Sajka
` Joseph C. Lininger
2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Janina Sajka @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
What if you go into single user and remount rw? Does that work? Does it
then still come back ro on the next usual boot level?
Doug Lawlor writes:
> Hello all, after a long laps in time I am rebuilding my linux box and am
> having a problem with my root file system being mounted read only instead of
> being mounted read/write. I have been doing some looking and e2fsck -p tells
> me the file system is clean when I scan it using the system rescue cd from
> www.sysresccd.org. I have been noticing that devpts is being mounted
> although it is disabled in the kernel which by the way is 2.6.11. I am truly
> at a loss here on what to do about this. I have ran into a similar problem
> in the past and am not sure how I fixed it. The distribution is gentoo and
> is set up to use udev.
> The file system is ext3 and is on partition /dev/hda3. I am using lvm for
> /usr, /var, /home, /tmp and /opt.
> I know this is all kind of sketchy at 4:30 in the morning so any help would
> be well appreciated.
> Glad to be back on the list again.
>
> Doug
>
> Doug Lawlor,
> Email: dlawlor@warp.nfld.net
> Skype: dlawlor1971
>
>
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* Re: Root file system mounted read only
Root file system mounted read only Doug Lawlor
` Kirk Reiser
` Janina Sajka
@ ` Joseph C. Lininger
` Doug Lawlor
2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Joseph C. Lininger @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
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Ok, try checking the following things. Some of this seems basic, but
since gentoo is very "do it yourself" you will want to check it anyway.
1. Which release of gentoo are you using? If it is not a recent one, you
sometimes have to pass a boot argument to get it to use udev in favor of
devfs.
2. emerge -a udev
3. Disable devfs in the kernel. I believe you already said you did this
one.
4. Finally, after making sure all of the others are in place, check
/etc/fstab and ensure there is an entry for your root filesystem there,
and that the "ro" option is not in the fourth collumn.
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It's not one damn thing after another, it's the same damn thing over and
over. (History repeats itself)
Joseph C. Lininger
jbahm@pcdesk.net
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And so it came to pass that on Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Doug Lawlor said
> Hello all, after a long laps in time I am rebuilding my linux box and
am
> having a problem with my root file system being mounted read only
instead of
> being mounted read/write. I have been doing some looking and e2fsck -p
tells
> me the file system is clean when I scan it using the system rescue cd
from
> www.sysresccd.org. I have been noticing that devpts is being mounted
> although it is disabled in the kernel which by the way is 2.6.11. I am
truly
> at a loss here on what to do about this. I have ran into a similar
problem
> in the past and am not sure how I fixed it. The distribution is gentoo
and
> is set up to use udev.
> The file system is ext3 and is on partition /dev/hda3. I am using lvm
for
> /usr, /var, /home, /tmp and /opt.
> I know this is all kind of sketchy at 4:30 in the morning so any help
would
> be well appreciated.
> Glad to be back on the list again.
>
> Doug
>
> Doug Lawlor,
> Email: dlawlor@warp.nfld.net
> Skype: dlawlor1971
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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` Joseph C. Lininger
@ ` Doug Lawlor
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From: Doug Lawlor @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'
1. Which release of gentoo are you using?
2005.0
2. emerge -a udev
done
3. Disable devfs in the kernel. I believe you already said you did this
one.
Devfs is disabled.
4. Finally, after making sure all of the others are in place, check
/etc/fstab and ensure there is an entry for your root filesystem there,
and that the "ro" option is not in the fourth collumn.
No "ro" option in the forth column. Column 4 only contains "notime".
This problem truly has me stumped. Looks like I am going to have to visit
the gentoo forums on this one.
Thanks for the advice all the same.
Doug
Doug Lawlor,
Email: dlawlor@warp.nfld.net
Skype: dlawlor1971
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Subject: Re: Root file system mounted read only
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Ok, try checking the following things. Some of this seems basic, but
since gentoo is very "do it yourself" you will want to check it anyway.
- --
It's not one damn thing after another, it's the same damn thing over and
over. (History repeats itself)
Joseph C. Lininger
jbahm@pcdesk.net
Verification: 5eab38a77ac40416e075be8f50607ff7
And so it came to pass that on Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Doug Lawlor said
> Hello all, after a long laps in time I am rebuilding my linux box and
am
> having a problem with my root file system being mounted read only
instead of
> being mounted read/write. I have been doing some looking and e2fsck -p
tells
> me the file system is clean when I scan it using the system rescue cd
from
> www.sysresccd.org. I have been noticing that devpts is being mounted
> although it is disabled in the kernel which by the way is 2.6.11. I am
truly
> at a loss here on what to do about this. I have ran into a similar
problem
> in the past and am not sure how I fixed it. The distribution is gentoo
and
> is set up to use udev.
> The file system is ext3 and is on partition /dev/hda3. I am using lvm
for
> /usr, /var, /home, /tmp and /opt.
> I know this is all kind of sketchy at 4:30 in the morning so any help
would
> be well appreciated.
> Glad to be back on the list again.
>
> Doug
>
> Doug Lawlor,
> Email: dlawlor@warp.nfld.net
> Skype: dlawlor1971
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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