read only file system - not by design

[Kevin Fries]

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Steven Stern wrote:

|As I was typing away a few minutes ago on an FC3 machine back a the
office, it
|suddenly said "read only file system" and refused to write anything.
After a
|few minutes of poking around, I rebooted. The machine has not come
back up.
|
|For when I get in tomorrow: What's the most likely cause of a file system
|suddenly going read only?

I agree, your drives are suspect.

When you get in, I would go directly to single user mode, do not pass
go, do not collect $200

Once in single user mode, run a fsck on all partitions.

Good Luck
Kevin Fries

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