mount -orw,remount / of course, not rebind On 15 September 2012 17:24, P .NIKOLIC <p.nikolic1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:10:15 +0100 > Andy Pieters <Pieters.Andy.Mailing@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Pete >> >> On 15 September 2012 13:02, P .NIKOLIC <p.nikolic1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> > On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:29:02 +0530 >> > Aurko Roy <roy.aurko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Hints please where to look i have compared this system to the >> >> > laptop and can see no major differences i have checked the drive >> >> > it reports all ok >> >> > >> >> > Pete . >> > >> > Humm well still having the same problem i have tried using the older >> > version of util-linux to no avail >> > >> > all disc ID's are correct so what has been screwed up this was >> > perfect until the update or am i going to be forced to >> > re-install not an option i look forward to >> > >> > Pete . >> Please accept my apologies if this offends you or appears >> condescending to you in any way, I have been told by people that they >> perceive me as such at time. I assure you I mean no offence. >> >> Now that that is out of the way, let's get down to business. >> >> From the information you have given so far, you are able to boot up >> successfully, right? I do remember a glitch when upgrading a while ago >> that caused a similar issue. Until I found the solution, I just added >> mount / -orw,rebind in /etc/rc.local >> >> That caused my / partition to be rw as soon as the boot sequence is >> completed but still caused my some issues during the daemon start up. >> After a while I moved that line to /etc/rc.sysinit so it would execute >> before the daemons. >> >> Still a while later I discovered what the problem was, and I think it >> was in /etc/fstab, something really obvious, in hind sight but I >> cannot recall at the moment. Would you mind attaching your fstab? >> Maybe seeing it will trigger my memory. >> >> Andy > > Hi Andy . > > > Dont worry about your reply ideas and comments you are the height of > politeness compared with some on the lists not just this one either so > dont worry > > I have compared this machine with the laptop that is similar processor > ect and same partitioning layout , i can see no difference between > the 2 apart from the actual UUID of the partitions i will have a play > with some of those suggestions shortly see what happens . > > I have a feeling it may well be related to the latest util-linux and a > another that was changed at the big update i did . > > Watch this space . > > Of course noone else will offer any assistance will they EHhhhh! > > Pete . > > > -- > Linux 7-of-9 3.5.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Aug 26 09:14:51 CEST 2012 > x86_64 GNU/Linux
