> One really has to check with /proc/mounts. The command mount is > not always accurate for the root partition because it reads /etc/mtab > which *is not* modified when the kernel mounts /. On the other hand, > putting data=journal in /etc/fstab does not help because this file is > not read when the kernel mounts /. The kernel can not read it before > / is mounted ! > > Liu In fact the best way is to make mtab a symlink to /proc/mounts. And fstab entry is needed for remounting the root filesystem rw. Ivan