At 2004-09-08 16:00:59 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > System boots fine, but as soon as init scripts start, I start > > getting lots of "FAIL" all indicating /dev/null : read only > > filesystem.
Read that again. It says that the file system that /dev/null was on is read-only, not that /dev/null is read-only. Very important difference. > > I found the following solution through Google, and it worked: > > > > 1. mount -o remount, rw / > > 2. rm -f /dev/null > > 3. mknod -m 666 /dev/null c 1 3 > > Well, a simple chmod from the root user (chmod 666 /dev/null) would > have worked. No, it would not, because there was nothing wrong with the permissions of /dev/null. The problem was that the root filesystem was mounted ro, and the problem was cured by the first command: mount -o remount,rw /. (The errors were probably caused by init scripts redirecting output to /dev/null, expecting that the root filesystem was already mounted rw.) -- ams _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
