On Mar 20, 2002 08:36 +1100, Adam Cassar wrote: > Is there any way to mount an ext3 fs that is on ro media? Yes, if it does not require journal recovery. > I get an error: > > EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem. > EXT3-fs: write access unavailable, cannot proceed. > > Specifically this is with an LVM snapshot. You need to apply the "VFS-lock" patch included in the LVM tarball (or from CVS at sistina.com). Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert