Description of problem: During the bootprocess, the root filesystem will be remounted rw if it's not already. The check that us done here for this is insufficient. In /etc/rc.sysinit: 700 state=`LC_ALL=C awk '/ \/ / && ($3 !~ /rootfs/) { print $4 }' /proc/mounts` 701 [ "$state" != "rw" -a "$READONLY" != "yes" ] && \ 702 action $"Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode: " mount -n -o remount,rw / state may be rw,option1,option2 here Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): initscripts-8.45.17.EL-1 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. mount rootfs rw togehter with other options (e.g. noatime) 2. boot system 3. Actual results: rootfs will be remounted rw Expected results: rootfs should not be remounted rw as it already is mounted rw Additional info:
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Created attachment 291330 [details] patch for this Here's what's going in CVS.
You may test: http://people.redhat.com/harald/downloads/initscripts/initscripts-8.45.18.EL-1
I just tested the new rpms. The proposed patch and new rpms seem to fix the problem. Thank you very much. Mark
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0443.html