http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=900558 Bug ID: 900558 Summary: Impossible to boot in single user mode with root mounted read only Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 13.1 Version: Final Hardware: Other OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem Assignee: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com Reporter: archie@dellroad.org QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- I have a 13.1 system with all the latest updates as of today and it is spitting out the UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY message for the root filesystem, and then booting normally with root mounted root read-write. First of all, I would expect it to not boot normally in this case, but whatever. Anyway, when I try to do what it says, it's impossible! Here's why: even though I reboot with "single ro" on the boot line and it does in fact go into single user mode, it still mounts root read-write (after complaining of the same fsck errors). Since the 1980's single user mode has always left root mounted read-only so you can run fsck if needed, and you can always remount it read-write if you want. Why did this change? Of course "mount -o remount,ro /" doesn't work. Because root is mounted read-write and it's impossible to get the system to boot with root mounted read-only, then even in single user mode, it's impossible to run fsck and fix the problem. So it's impossible to resolve this problem without the use of a rescue disk. Please fix, this is a bad dead-end people can fall into. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.