On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Peter Cavender wrote:
>>> I use SuSE which mounts root as read-only on boot.
>>
>> Which is fine for those using SuSE. I would prefer it if Red Hat & friends
>> did it that way, too.
>
> RedHat *does* start with root only mounted R/O. in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit,
> you can see where it mounts it R/W later on.
I know. In fact, I said just that in my original message. You are missing
the point. The OP suggested booting single-user and then forcing an fsck.
Under a standard Red Hat system, that will likely DESTROY THE FILE SYSTEM.
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