FS#457 : Reiserfsprogs 3.6.12 can't mount partitions read only

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FS#457 - Reiserfsprogs 3.6.12 can't mount partitions read only

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Todd Musall (twm) - Sunday, 15 February 2004, 00:26 GMT
Last edited by Judd Vinet (judd) - Sunday, 15 February 2004, 23:10 GMT

Task Type	Bug Report
Category	Packages: Current
Status	Closed
Assigned To	Judd Vinet (judd)
Architecture	not specified
Severity	High
Priority	Normal
Reported Version	0.6 Widget
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

This is a heads up for everyone using reiserfs on your root partition. I would not upgrage to 3.6.12 just yet. There's a bug that causes /etc/rc.sysinit to fail when it tries to fsck the / partition. It seems that even though the partition is remounted read-only mount still reports it as rw. Fsck also sees it as rw. This will cause fsck to fail because it can't check a rw partition.

This issue is known and being discussed on the namesys mailing list. I could not get arch to boot until I bypassed the fsck in rc.sysint. Downgrading back to 3.6.11 fixes the problem for now.

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Closed by Judd Vinet (judd)
Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 07:15 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed