Eugenio Diaz wrote:
> After upgrading to kernel-2.4.4-6mdk, the boot process halts to single
> user just after the "Checking file systems" message. It complains about
> filesystem being mounted; which I traced back to fsck ... Anyway, after
> a few minutes of troubleshooting I determined that the kernel is first
> mounting the root filesystem as read-write instead of read-only as it
> should be; and as expected, fsck complains, dropping into single user
> mode.
>
> I don't know why this is happening, or where to properly fix it. Is this
> hard coded when the kernel is compiled, or is this configurable by lilo?
>
> I fixed it temporarily by adding the following line to rc.sysinit just
> before fsck is called:
>
> mount -n -o remount,ro /
I just remembered that the "read-only" directive in the lilo.conf is what
controls this.
Well, then there most be something wrong with either lilo, or the kernel,
since: a) I haven't changed my lilo.conf, and b) it contains the
"read-only" directive.
I suspect the kernel is at fault.
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Eugenio Diaz, BSEE/BSCE
Linux Engineer
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