FSTAB Hell

[John Summerfield]

Andrew Farris wrote:
> Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
>> If some problem develops with /etc/fstab Fedora stops loading
>> and offers to either invoke a single user shell or reboot.
>>
>> Unfortunately the single user shell is on a readonly filesystem.
>> This defeats the purpose of going single user to fix it, doesn't it?
>>
>> This happens with the current Rawhide and back to at least FC7.
>>
>> Ubuntu allows one to proceed under this condition.
> 
> There is actually good reason not to mount rw automatically in that 
> situation; what ubuntu is doing is perhaps reasonable (for a target 
> audience), but is inherently risky as well.  Their choice there, I would 
> argue, would be the wrong one for Fedora.  Mounting ro first gives you 
> ample opportunity to access the situation before deciding if you need to 
> go to an external rescue environment rather than mount the broken one 
> rw... possibly saving some of your data.
> 

I would want to see for myself what ubuntu's doing; several times I've 
been fooled by an mtab dating back before the latest reboot.



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