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Unable mount at RdOnly

This /etc/fstab use to work:

UUID=some# /media/win7 ntfs ro,auto,noexec,nosuid 0 0
media/win7/ubuntu/disks/root.disk /media/ubuntu ext4 loop,ro,noexec 0 0

To set the label on the ubuntu vol, I had to change the RdOnly flag to RdWr.

e2label /media/win7/ubuntu/disks/root.disk oldUbuntu

The ubuntu disk would mount ONLY if I kept the RdWr flag. I'm not sure why. I need to mount the vol as RdOnly. I del the label e2label /media/win7/ubuntu/disks/root.disk "". I still can't mount the ubuntu vol as RdOnly. Both the win7 & ubuntu vol's must be RdWr to get the ubuntu vol to mount. dmesg | tail says:
EXT4-fs (loop0): INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem
EXT4-fs (loop0): write access unavailable, cannot proceed

What have I done wrong? How can I fix it?

Solution

  • gedit /etc/fstab Comment out the ubuntu vol. Set my label again: e2label /media/win7/ubuntu/disks/root.disk oldUbuntu Reboot the machine. Mount the ubuntu vol as RW: mount -t ext4 -o loop /media/win7/ubuntu/disks/root.disk /media/ubuntu ReEdit fstab, reinstate ubuntu vol as RdOnly. Reboot.
    Manually mounting the vol as RW, fixed the issue.