Entire file system goes read-only

[Charles Bennett]

Time to load smartmontools and scan the disks?

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On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 12:07 -0400, Ryan Pugatch wrote:
> edwardp-mh2Nk+tgbQM at public.gmane.org wrote:
> > On one system while it's running, something occurs which causes the 
> > /entire/ Ubuntu (10.04 LTS) file system to become read-only.  It was 
> > first discovered two days ago when I tried to clear out the Trash 
> > folder, when a window appeared indicating files were read-only.  I then 
> > opened the file manager and /every/ icon had a lock on it.
> > 
> > At this point, the only options were to shut down or reboot.  Upon doing 
> > so, when the system comes back up, it goes straight into a file system 
> > check, then when that has completed, the system reboots itself without 
> > user intervention.
> > 
> > Is there any possible explanation as to what (and why this) is 
> > happening, or maybe something I can look at?
> > 
> 
> Had this happen running Ubuntu on my Thinkpad T61.  Eventually got to 
> the point where the fs was getting corrupted.  I replaced the hard 
> drive, assuming it was failing.  The problem then resurfaced again a few 
> weeks later.  Replaced the drive again, same problem.  Never did figure 
> out what happened.  I ended up loading CentOS and later Fedora on to the 
> machine and have been happy ever since.
> 
> Ryan
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