[PLUG] partition mounts read-only

[alan]

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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