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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:20:22 +0200 (CEST)
From: Alexander Best <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de>
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Subject: Re: some issues with 9-CURRENT
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Polytropon schrieb am 2009-09-23:
> On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:02:24 +0200 (CEST), Alexander Best
> <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de> wrote:
> > however if i do `mount -r -o noatime /dev/label/usr /usr` and run
> > `fsck
> > /dev/label/usr` fsck isn't able to gain write access.

> The fsck program should - as far as I know - only be used on
> unmounted (!) file systems. In order to perform fsck with the
> ability of file system modifications, umount the file system
> and run fsck (maybe with options you desire) again.

thx. i thought since / gets mounted read-only and fsck is able to check it
with write access this would apply to read-only mountpoints in general.

alex