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From: James Hiscock <boxroot@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] root (/) read-only?
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On 9/27/05, glumtail <glumtail@gmail.com> wrote:
> This happens offen in my system.
>
> My root filesystem is reiserfs and /home is ext3, when i extract tar
> packages it says it is a readonly filesystem.

Fix your /etc/fstab - it thinks your root partition is xfs, when it
isn't. You either: a) didn't change it during installation; or b)
overwrote it in a recent update.

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