[lug] Read-only weirdness

Collins Richey crichey at gmail.com
Sat Jul 15 20:32:45 MDT 2006


> Daniel Webb wrote:
>
> >>cat /etc/fstab |grep store001
> >>
> >>
> >/dev/mapper/sbs-store001 /mnt/store001 ext3 users,noexec,noauto 0 0
> >
> >
> >
> >>mount |grep store001
> >>
> >>
> >/dev/mapper/sbs-store001 on /mnt/store001 type ext3 (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
> >
> >
> >
> >>touch /mnt/store001/test
> >>
> >>
> >touch: cannot touch `/mnt/store001/test': Read-only file system
> >
> >This has been happening occasionally after the drive has been mounted several
> >weeks.  I have to unmount it and remount it and it works fine again.  It's a
> >pain though because it kills my automated nightly script when it hits the
> >read-only problem.
> >

The only time I've encountered this type of behavior is when the drive
is getting ready to go south for the winter. Are you getting error
messages in /var/log/messages? Even if drive errors aren't apparent, I
would recommend a backup muy pronto.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.



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