Per Jessen said the following on 12/29/2008 08:35 AM:
Anton Aylward wrote:
If /var errored and can't be mounted then why those errors? Surely it defaults back to the root FS, the /var on root that the mount would overlay?
No, the start-up will/must fail when the required filesystems cannot be mounted. Required = what's specified in /etc/fstab.
Yes, the start-up fails. I get the long line of messages saying thigns can't bee done becuase /var is read only. Why is /var read only? If it hasn't mounted then the /var on the rootFS is RO. No, that's not the case. If it has mounted RO the why? Because the FSCK failed? Somehow? Yes there was an 'error' in re on the right hand side back there. But if FSCK failed why did it mount? I know, basically, what SHOULD happen. I'm reporting what DOES happen. -- I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men. --Robert Ingersoll (The Ghosts) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org