[PLUG] partition mounts read-only
alan
alan at clueserver.org
Tue Sep 5 16:04:45 UTC 2006
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> I come across this once many years ago but can't find anything current on the
> web, except in relation to NTFS, so I'm hoping I can get a clue from someone
> on the list.
>
> Suddenly a partition started having write errors ( remote system so I haven't
> seen the actual messages ) and when the system was rebooted it came up
> reporting that fsck needed to be run on the partition.
>
> I helped the remote tech walk through the process and the system appeared to
> be fine but a few hours later it went bonkers again and when it was rebooted
> the partion came up as read-only so the mount point ( /var/log ) is none
> writeable.
>
> I can take the partition out of the loop but I'm hoping it might just be my
> "remote eyes" missed something. :-)
>
> Suggestions, clues?
If you are having write errors then you may have a drive failing.
Look at the end of /var/log/messages on that machine and see what kind of
errors you are getting.
Expect to replace the drive real soon now.
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