Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:07:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:07:25 -0500 Received: from brynhild.mtroyal.ab.ca ([142.109.10.24]:6053 "EHLO brynhild.mtroyal.ab.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:07:23 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:17:05 -0700 (MST) From: James Bourne To: "Martin J. Bligh" cc: David Woodhouse , linux-kernel Subject: Re: ext3 clings to you like flypaper In-Reply-To: <2460000.1045500532@[10.10.2.4]> Message-ID: References: <78320000.1045465489@[10.10.2.4]> <1045482621.29000.40.camel@passion.cambridge.redhat.com> <2460000.1045500532@[10.10.2.4]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-scanner: scanned by Inflex 1.0.12.2 - (http://pldaniels.com/inflex/) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1545 Lines: 41 On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > > Do you expect the kernel to read your /etc/fstab before mounting the > > root file system, and then obey it? > > No, but it remounts the disk read-write after it mounts it read-only. > It can switch from ext2 to ext3 at that point. > This is a function of your distribution. The init scripts *should* read /etc/fstab after the kernel mounts / ro and then remount / rw with whatever other options are specified. Hope that helps track down the issue. Regards James Bourne -- James Bourne, Supervisor Data Centre Operations Mount Royal College, Calgary, AB, CA www.mtroyal.ab.ca ****************************************************************************** This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential, personal, and or privileged information. Please contact the sender immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. ****************************************************************************** "There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't." - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/