changing fstab for RW of /dev/hda4

[gcercone]

Ok, before I really break my Tivo and start reading how to restore from Image, here is my question.

I have a Philips 212, upgraded with TurboNet, exta 80GB Maxtor and software running is tnildet, tivoftpd, tivoweb and tserver...

Is there any harm, other than accidental deletion of changing the fstab line from

/dev/hda4 / ext2 ro 1 1 to

/dev/hda4 / ext2 rw 1 1 ???

So I can just edit the rc.sysinit as needed, reboot and done, vs
cracking the case.


TIA,

-G

[Mjolinor]

As far as I can tell the only thing is that the TiVo takes a lot longer to reboot if it is mounted RW. I suppose if you edit restart and make it read only in the script then use restart instead of reboot to reboot the TiVo then it would be OK.

Thats just what I think don't take it as gospel.

[el jefe]

I don't think it's a good idea to leave / mounted rw. It would be better to just remount it read-write when you need to change something and then change it back to read only when you're done. I think it sort of caches some of the disk writing, so unless you sync it before reboot you could have some messed up stuff.
Plus, the TiVo expects it to be mounted ro so I don't think it runs any kind of checking on it when it reboots since nothing should have changed.

[Xnaron]

to mount the file system read/write use:

mount -o rw,remount /


Don't forget to mount it Read only when done use:

mount -o ro,remount /

[gcercone]

Thanx once I get my Tivo's back up I'll try that.

[gcercone]

worked like a charm.

So any issues with putting commonly used apps into /bin while it's rw?

[lmurray]

I have a directory called /devbin that I put all my tivo files into. Others use the /var/hack directory structure. Technically, putting them in /bin will work, but it's a good idea to keep your files separate from the original tivo files.


-lloyd-