Filesystem set to read-only after reboot (RHEL3 ES)

FishR · 02-13-2006, 01:25 PM

Hello all,

I have a server that always has the root filesystem set to read-only every time the box is rebooted. As I am still basically a newbie *NIX I am not sure where to look or what to look for that might be causing this issue.

Also, would / being set to RO on boot cause syslog to not start properly?

Thank you in advance!

masand · 02-14-2006, 11:12 PM

well the root filesystem is initially mounted read only but it should be in this state after bootup

what do u have in ur

/etc/fstab file???

regards

Berkut83 · 02-15-2006, 04:13 AM

if i am not wrong syslog is a daemon taking part in system log functions so maybe is not related to read only setting

FishR · 02-15-2006, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masand

well the root filesystem is initially mounted read only but it should be in this state after bootup

what do u have in ur

/etc/fstab file???

regards

/etc/fstab

LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0

FishR · 02-15-2006, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Berkut83

if i am not wrong syslog is a daemon taking part in system log functions so maybe is not related to read only setting

syslog is set to be started under run levels 2-5 yet isn't starting automatically when the box is booted. Since / is still set to RO after the boot process completes I was thinking the issues might be related.

FishR · 02-16-2006, 09:28 PM

TTT

Hoping someone can help me with this one...

masand · 02-17-2006, 06:22 AM

hi there

ur fstab file looks fine

what made u think that it is booting in read-only mode???

FishR · 02-17-2006, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by masand

hi there

ur fstab file looks fine

what made u think that it is booting in read-only mode???

The fact that I have to execute "mount /dev/sda2 -o rw,remount" after every reboot of this box in order for it to allow anything to be written to /.