Re: How to fsck read-only-mounted root filesystem?

[Dan Hollis <goemon@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5 Dec 2001, Steve Lord wrote:
> It is also not 'install a cdrom', it is boot with a bootable cdrom.

This machine doesnt have any cdrom drive, so it is "install a cdrom drive"
just to fix the root fs. :-(

> > After all, reiserfs can reiserfsck a filesystem mounted read-only...
> > Maybe it's a bug in xfs_check/xfs_repair?
>    It is deliberate.

So is changing this behaviour in the "TODO" list, or is it to permanently
remain so?

It was *really* suprising to me that you can't repair a read-only mounted
filesystem, I suspect it will be equally suprising to others.

-Dan
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