New install of 11.3 + updates boots up with read-only root filesytem

[Per Jessen]

I've just done a fresh install of 11.3 + updates, and I've ended up
with a system that leaves my root filesystem mounted read-only.  Has
anyone else had a  similar issue?

FYI, it looks like root is mounted read-only at first (normal), but
then never remounted rw. Did anyone fiddle with the initrd startup?

I have two time where I had a read only file system. The first when I
was using a IDE/Raid controller that openSUSE seem to not like. The
other time was I had major disc issue. It seem smart picked up on the
drive was failing, so it mark it read only. Just long enough for me to
do a dd of to an image file.

This is a different situation - it's normal for the root to be mounted
read-only initially, but it has to be remounted as read-write before
init and that is not happening.

Anyway, see bug#652960.

[Per Jessen]

I've just done a fresh install of 11.3 + updates, and I've ended up
with a system that leaves my root filesystem mounted read-only. Has
anyone else had a similar issue?

FYI, it looks like root is mounted read-only at first (normal), but then
never remounted rw. Did anyone fiddle with the initrd startup?

[Chuck Payne]

Post by Per Jessen

I've just done a fresh install of 11.3 + updates, and I've ended up
with a system that leaves my root filesystem mounted read-only.  Has
anyone else had a  similar issue?

FYI, it looks like root is mounted read-only at first (normal), but then
never remounted rw. Did anyone fiddle with the initrd startup?
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I have two time where I had a read only file system. The first when I
was using a IDE/Raid controller that openSUSE seem to not like. The
other time was I had major disc issue. It seem smart picked up on the
drive was failing, so it mark it read only. Just long enough for me to
do a dd of to an image file.
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[Per Jessen]

Post by Per Jessen

I've just done a fresh install of 11.3 + updates, and I've ended up
with a system that leaves my root filesystem mounted read-only.
Has anyone else had a  similar issue?

FYI, it looks like root is mounted read-only at first (normal), but
then never remounted rw. Did anyone fiddle with the initrd startup?

I have two time where I had a read only file system. The first when I
was using a IDE/Raid controller that openSUSE seem to not like. The
other time was I had major disc issue. It seem smart picked up on the
drive was failing, so it mark it read only. Just long enough for me
to do a dd of to an image file.

This is a different situation - it's normal for the root to be mounted
read-only initially, but it has to be remounted as read-write before
init and that is not happening.

It seems to be happening because someone or something has stuck 'ro' in
the kernel cmd line.

[Per Jessen]

Post by Per Jessen

Post by Per Jessen

I've just done a fresh install of 11.3 + updates, and I've ended
up with a system that leaves my root filesystem mounted read-only.
Has anyone else had a  similar issue?

FYI, it looks like root is mounted read-only at first (normal), but
then never remounted rw. Did anyone fiddle with the initrd startup?

I have two time where I had a read only file system. The first when
I was using a IDE/Raid controller that openSUSE seem to not like.
The other time was I had major disc issue. It seem smart picked up
on the drive was failing, so it mark it read only. Just long enough
for me to do a dd of to an image file.

This is a different situation - it's normal for the root to be
mounted read-only initially, but it has to be remounted as read-write
before init and that is not happening.

It seems to be happening because someone or something has stuck 'ro'
in the kernel cmd line.

Well, that was a silly problem - I copied the boot loader config from a
10.2 system which had 'read-only' in the config. I'm surprised that
the initrd script didn't remount root as read-write, but that's not
important.