097. Why is My Root File System Read-Only?
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This article is from the Frequently Asked Questions for Linux, the Free/Open Source UNIX-like operating system kernel that runs on many modern computer systems. Maintained by David C. Merrill with numerous contributions by others. (v1.0).
097. Why is My Root File System Read-Only?
A: To understand how you got into this state, see EXT2-fs: warning: mounting unchecked file system.
Remount it. If /etc/fstab is correct, you can simply type:
mount -n -o remount /
If /etc/fstab is wrong, you must give the device name and possibly the type, too: e.g.
mount -n -o remount -t ext2 /dev/hda2 /
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