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SubjectRe: 2.1.122 and unmouting problems
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In article <199809241433.PAA02173@dax.dcs.ed.ac.uk>,
Stephen C. Tweedie <sct@redhat.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 17 Sep 1998 07:52:10 -0600 (MDT), dbrodsky@cs.ualberta.ca said:
>
>> mount -n -v -o remount,ro /
>> it fails saying that the device is busy.
>
>That's because the device is busy.

And the cause is usually that init still has a read only mapping
to /etc/ld.so.cache, make by ld-linux.so.2. Normally this poses
no problem, but if ldconfig is run in the bootup phase that is
a deleted file.

The latest GNU libc 2.0.7 version (there are multiple 2.0.7
"releases" !) fixes that.

Mike.
--
"Did I ever tell you about the illusion of free will?"
-- Sheriff Lucas Buck, ultimate BOFH.

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