Bug#701814: Re: Bug#701814: os-prober: damages XFS exported via iSCSI but not mounted locally; potential data loss

2013-03-04 Thread q1werty
Hi, > os-prober uses 'mount -o ro', or grub-mount from 1.45: Please excuse me if this is trivial, but '-o ro' does not prevent write access! According to man: "Note that, depending on the filesystem type, state and kernel behavior, the system may still write to the device. For example, Ext3 o

Bug#701814: os-prober: damages XFS exported via iSCSI but not mounted locally; potential data loss

2013-03-06 Thread q1werty
Hi, Thanks for your comments. > IMO the logic for setting the right fs dependent option to mount the fs in > true > read-only mode should be implemented in the mount command instead of > os-prober to let other programs using mount use it, too. I've just got another idea, may this bug be assigned