Normally when booting "single" the root partition should be readonly... After I booted in single mode with Mandrake 9.1 it was still rw. :/ Can it be because ML uses supermount?!?
Best regards, Adrian ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Sparenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Expert List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 5:52 AM Subject: Re: [expert] how to tell lilo at boot that the root partitionshould be read only > On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 12:35, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to develop a driver and for now I am trying to figure out some > > access values (manual doesn't exist). I already found 2 of the needed values > > and it loads the module. The problem is that while I am trying to figure the > > other values, sometimes I mess up and end up almost destroying my root > > partition. :) I tried booting in single mode (passing single at lilo), but > > no go. The / partition is still writeable... Anyway, since it is no fun to > > reinstall Mandrake each time I try a new value :), maybe someone could tell > > me what boot parameter should I pass to make the / partition readonly? I > > tried to do a "mount -o remount,ro /dev/hda9", but it keeps saying the > > /dev/hda9 is busy. Anyone any idea? I think writing "ro" as parameter in the > > fstab is not such a good idea. ;) > > > > Best regards, > > Adrian > > Adrian on the above no advice... On preventing this from happening > again... Take a look at UML User Mode Linux... you can run linux inside > linux no emulation just Linux inside linux. It's own kernel etc. End > result... if you muck up the "box" kill -9 and try again. > > james > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
