On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 12:24:59PM -0700, Rupa Schomaker wrote:
> I have a virtual server hosted in a XEN environment. Kernel is
> 2.6.16.13-XenU and I can't change it. :( Host provider is not responsive
> to getting us a newer kernel.
>
> Anyway, during my nightly rsync backup, I started seeing the following:
.....
>
> On boot, mount shows:
>
> /dev/sda1 on / type xfs (rw)
>
> # mount -o remount,ro /
>
> after the remount, mount still shows / as rw
>
> # mount
> /dev/sda1 on / type xfs (rw)
>
what does /proc/mounts tell you (rather than /etc/mtab)?
If /proc/mounts says ro, then try upgrading your xfsprogs package.
and then retrying the repair....
Cheers,
Dave.
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Dave Chinner
Principal Engineer
SGI Australian Software Group
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