I have just reinstalled gentoo linux with NPTL support. I went through and finished the guide provided on the forum, but when it came to boot time, I received this error: . . . Can't create lock file /etc/mtab~1385: Read-only file system (use -n flag to ovveride) . . . Checking root file system... Failed to open deveice '/dev/hda7': No such file or directory * File system couldn't be fixed I had the option of logging in as root to do maintenance, or do CTRL-D to boot normally which would just reboot the system. I went on #gentoo and recieved help from marienz. We logged in as root and tried a few things. He was able to pinpoint that sysfs was not being mounted. Doing a normal mount, such as: mount -t sysfs blueberries /sys would yield: Can't create lock file /etc/mtab~1385: Read-only file system (use -n flag to ovveride) By adding the -n param: mount -n -t sysfs blueberries /sys things would work fine. Marienz instructed me to edit my /sbin/rc file at the pointer where it mounts the sysfs and add the -n param to its line. I am able to boot into my Linux now. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: uname -a: 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 #1 SMP Sat Jan 29 22:41:@8 CST 2005 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00 GHz genuineintel GNU/lInux For more information on my computer specs, visit: http://search.hp.com/gwcaeng/redirect.html?type=REG&qt=HP+Pavilion+ZV5325CA&url=http%3A//www.hp.ca/products/static/consumer/Summer04/NT/Pavilion/zv5325ca.pdf&pos=1
already been fixed in baselayout-1.11.8
