[plug] aarrgh - file system becomes 'read-only'

[Arie Hol]

On 9 Nov 2006 at 16:41, Gavin Chester wrote:

> I have an intermittent problem whereby every partition, for every user and
> root, becomes 'read-only' mid-flight and ... well, you can imagine the
> problems that causes :-( 
> 
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> 
> Any ideas welcome.  BTW:  I can recover by rebooting and repairing the
> file system. 
> 
 
I have read an article recently where it explains that an "error" in the 
filesystem can cause the filesystem to become 'read-only' in order to 
protect data affected by the filesystem error.

I am not an expert here - but have you checked your filesystem for errors 
???

What about your partitions ?

Do they have any errors ????

The article in the July 2006 edition of "Linux Magazine" on page 87, 
covered various aspects of 'mount' and 'fstab' when using the 'command 
line'.


Regards Arie
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