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Linux, how to change HDD state from ReadOnly after temporarly crash?

At this time no ansver for this problem. Usually after some problems with readings or writings to block device, kernel decides to switch flag for WHOLE DEVICE as read-only. After this any writings to ...
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remount chrooted read-only subdirectory (non-mountpoint) to read-write from within jail?

I'm trying to do the same of this question (multiple linux installation on same filesystem) but I get this result (root filesystem mounted as read-only) . I'm using debian/sid, have successfully ...
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How do I make a file NOT modifiable?

While logged in, I can do the following: mkdir foo touch foo/bar chmod 400 foo/bar chmod 500 foo Then I can open vim (not as root), edit bar, force a write with w!, and the file is modified! How ...
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how to create ISO and hide certain files

I am a newbie here and my apologies if I am posting a question which has been answered many times in a another thread. I did my homework find some relevant information But could not. Thanks for ...
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What are the possible ways a Debian Linux system may write data to HDD and how to avoid them?

The background: Here I have a spare x86 board which has a low energe costing AMD CPU built on it. I am planning to DIY a home use file server with it running a Debian base system and some common ...
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Any temporary fix for / being remounted as read-only?

My disk has a few bad sectors and has already failed the SMART tests. It obviously is going down. It gets remounted to read only and I have to fsck and reboot all over again. Is it safe for me to ...
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Making USB drives readonly on an specific USB port or for an user account

I have a Multiseat machine and the second seat has USB access from a signle port by HUB (a Keyboard and a mouse are connected to it). I need make all storages drives that is connected to to this HUB ...
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Why is my file system mounted as read-only?

I've put together a small system with busybox, a Linux kernel, and a small file system, putting stuff in as it seemed necessary -- I don't know if I've been learning much from this, but I started out ...
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Mount a filesystem read-only, and redirect writes to RAM?

Is it possible to mount a loopback file as read-only, and redirect all writes to RAM?
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Problems with a Read-Only Root Filesystem

I was creating a read-only root filesystem for use in an embedded system. I successfully got the system to boot after setting it to read-only initially, but then I needed write access to another file ...
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Choosing a filesystem for a shared disk (not a cluster filesystem like GFS)

I have a bunch of servers connected to a SAN. One server hosts the production database server, performing full database backups to a filesystem on a LUN that is exported to all servers. Only the ...