On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 1:22 PM,  <sf...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
> Nitin Bhardwaj:
>> Do I need to rmmod aufs, before the script tries to remount root(/)
>> readonly ? I suspect the xino files or the aufd kernel threads are
>> keeping the rootfs busy.
>
> I don't know rmmod is necessary.
> But if you are right (xino or aufsd is working), you cannot do that.
>
> Where is your xino files?
>
>
> J. R. Okajima
>

Here are the contents of /proc/mounts:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 rw,errors=continue,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/hda2 /.squashfs squashfs ro 0 0
/dev/hda2 /sbin squashfs ro 0 0
/dev/hda2 /usr squashfs ro 0 0
/dev/hda2 /lib squashfs ro 0 0
/dev/hda2 /bin squashfs ro 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=600 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw 0 0
none /usr aufs 
rw,si=ba4cb5a9,xino=/.aufs/usr/.aufs.xino,br:/.aufs/usr=rw:/.squashfs/usr=ro
0 0
none /lib aufs 
rw,si=ba4cb6a9,xino=/.aufs/lib/.aufs.xino,br:/.aufs/lib=rw:/.squashfs/lib=ro
0 0
none /sbin aufs
rw,si=ba4cb7a9,xino=/.aufs/sbin/.aufs.xino,br:/.aufs/sbin=rw:/.squashfs/sbin=ro
0 0
none /bin aufs 
rw,si=ba5bd989,xino=/.aufs/bin/.aufs.xino,br:/.aufs/bin=rw:/.squashfs/bin=ro
0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If xino files are keeping the rootfs busy, can I try using tmpfs for
xino files while mounting aufs ( xino=/dev/shm/xino ) ? Is it ok to do
that ?

Thanks,
Nitin.

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