On Sunday 22 April 2007 19:37:58 David Corbin wrote:
> > David Corbin wrote:
> > > I've started getting this: "Permission denied: access('/', W_OK)"
> > > on my emerges.
>
> Somehow, my
> root system was *acting* as if it were mounted ReadOnly.  mount said
> otherwise.   Rebooting (wince) corrected the problem.

e2/3/4fs?  Certain errors inside those kernel modules (even if they are 
compiled in) will cause the fs they are working on to go read-only.  I 
suggest a full fsck when you can get the time and to check any self-diags 
and/or SMART info your disks provide immediately.

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