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From: Nilesh Govindarajan <contact@××××××××.com>
To: Gentoo User Mailing List <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Read only root filesystem on linode64
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:14:16
Message-Id: 4F03C3B0.5030502@nileshgr.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Read only root filesystem on linode64 by Nilesh Govindarajan
1 On Wed 04 Jan 2012 08:35:19 AM IST, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
2 > I am trying to run a custom kernel with gentoo on linode64, but there's
3 > strange problem I'm facing.
4 > The root always gets mounted read-only, I don't know why. I have this
5 > line in menu.lst:
6 >
7 > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.1.6-gentoo root=/dev/xvda rw
8 >
9 > Also, the /etc/fstab line says:
10 > /dev/xvda / defaults,noatime 0 1
11 >
12 > Everytime I boot with the custom kernel, the root is getting mounted as
13 > read only. The funniest thing is, even after proper shutdown, a disk
14 > error pops up on /dev/xvda, because I see the message during boot.
15 >
16 > Anybody knows how to get this thing working? I don't want to use
17 > linode's stock kernel, the xfs code in it seems to have some bug.
18 >
19 > --
20 > Nilesh Govindarajan
21 > http://nileshgr.com
22
23 Err, correction, it's linode1536 64 bit.
24
25 --
26 Nilesh Govindarajan
27 http://nileshgr.com

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