@@ -, +, @@ 
 contain ro flag for the particular mount points.
---
 init.d/localmount.in |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
--- a/init.d/localmount.in	
+++ a/init.d/localmount.in	
@@ -24,6 +24,32 @@ start()
 		no_netdev="-O no_netdev"
 	fi
 	ebegin "Mounting local filesystems"
+
+	# Remount already-mounted filesystems into rw unless fstab contain ro flag for the particular mount points.
+	for mountpoint in $(fstabinfo); do
+		case "${mountpoint}" in
+			'/'*)
+				if mountinfo -q "${mountpoint}" && mountinfo -q -o ro "${mountpoint}"; then
+					case ",$(fstabinfo -o "${mountpoint}")," in
+						*,ro,*)
+							:
+						;;
+						*)
+							case "$RC_UNAME" in
+								Linux)
+									mount -o remount,rw "${mountpoint}"
+								;;
+								*BSD|DragonFly)
+									mount -u -o rw "${mountpoint}"
+								;;
+							esac
+						;;
+					esac
+				fi
+			;;
+		esac
+	done; unset mountpoint
+
 	mount -at "$types" $no_netdev
 	eend $? "Some local filesystem failed to mount"
 
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