[ale] RHEL3 ES - / set to read-only after reboot

[Michael Still]

Was this system using mirrored drives?  I'd double check the status
now if that's the case.   Seeing that error about duplicate LABEL's is
interesting.  Take a look at all the partition labels (using tune2fs I
think) and see if you have duplication.

On 10/21/05, Ryan Fish <FishR at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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> I finally woke up enough to think about running the cmd using a slightly
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> mount -o rw,remount /dev/sda2
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> All is well again now.
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> -Ryan
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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Ryan
> Fish
>  Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 8:39 AM
>  To: 'Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts'
>  Subject: Re: [ale] RHEL3 ES - / set to read-only after reboot
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> I've also tried using "mount / -o rw,remount" but it returns the same msg
> show below.
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> -Ryan
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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Ryan
> Fish
>  Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 8:26 AM
>  To: 'Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts'
>  Subject: [ale] RHEL3 ES - / set to read-only after reboot
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> After rebooting a RHEL3 ES server this morning / was set to read-only.  I
> checked dmesg and found a couple issues with EXT3 listed that appeared to
> have been corrected so I rebooted the box a second time to see if things
> would change.  This time dmesg shows no errors on EXT3 (or anything else
> from what I saw) however / is still set to read-only.
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> I am trying to use "mount ?w ?o remount /" but I keep getting this msg in
> return:
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> mount: LABEL=/ duplicate - not mounted
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> I have been able to fix this in the past using a different syntax in, I
> believe, the same cmd as shown above.  However, I am drawing a blank and
> haven't been successful in my online searching as of yet.
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> Anyone out there have some ideas for me?  I guess I basically need to umount
> and remount / with as RW in a single cmd.
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> Thank you.
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> -Ryan
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