On Aug 07, Jurij Smakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On my laptop approximately one in four boot attempts fails because a > bunch of modules (such as wireless and video) are not loaded. I can't > record the early messages from the kernel, however once (due to fsck) > I've noticed the message "Failed to create the /dev/fd symlink - > read-only filesystem" (not word-by-word accurate). My theory is that > there is a race condition, which occasionally prevents the symlink > from being created, thus breaking the boot sequence. My theory is that you are confusing cause and effect. If /dev is really read only then the tmpfs was not mounted for some reason.
> If there is any way I can provide more useful debugging information, > please let me know. Are you using an initramfs? Try without it. And try harder to get a shell when the boot fails, because so far you have not been able to provide any interesting information. -- ciao, Marco
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