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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:17:05 -0700 (MST)
From: James Bourne <jbourne@mtroyal.ab.ca>
To: "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com>
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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

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James Bourne, Supervisor Data Centre Operations
Mount Royal College, Calgary, AB, CA
www.mtroyal.ab.ca

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