Readonly filesystem under Virtualbox [solved]

DrZaius · 2008-01-02 05:22:53

New to Arch and newish to Linux. I installed Arch as a guest under Virtualbox in Ubuntu. The install worked but the filesystem loaded read only. I fixed it by changing the kernel line in GRUB from "ro" to "rw". Why would it be set to "ro"?

Last edited by DrZaius (2008-01-02 22:23:59)

byte · 2008-01-02 16:41:25

That "ro" is supposed to stay there. It's generally needed for the filesystem check. If you look at /etc/rc.sysinit you'll see everything's getting mounted later with mount -a.

Last edited by byte (2008-01-02 16:42:18)

DrZaius · 2008-01-02 19:52:16

If I leave it as "ro" the filesystem stays as readonly and I can see the following before the login prompt:

mount: can't find / in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

and then

kinit: mounted root (xfs filesystem) readonly

fstab has no reference to any sda.

Last edited by DrZaius (2008-01-02 19:53:04)

byte · 2008-01-02 20:47:07

Eh, well, then put it in?

DrZaius · 2008-01-02 22:23:29

Adding the info to fstab still didn't work so I reinstalled using ext3 instead and now it works fine. I guess there was a problem with the initial installation.

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#1 2008-01-02 05:22:53

Readonly filesystem under Virtualbox [solved]

#2 2008-01-02 16:41:25

Re: Readonly filesystem under Virtualbox [solved]

#3 2008-01-02 19:52:16

Re: Readonly filesystem under Virtualbox [solved]

#4 2008-01-02 20:47:07

Re: Readonly filesystem under Virtualbox [solved]

#5 2008-01-02 22:23:29

Re: Readonly filesystem under Virtualbox [solved]

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