Bingo - thanks Glenn > First of all, you are correct that /boot is mounted read-only in > accordance with /etc/fstab's settings. This is done because it contains > data that is very important to the function of the system, and being > read-only makes it very hard to accidentally damage it. > > That said, you do need to open it to writing any time a package with > files there is updated or installed. To do this without unmounting or > rebooting: > > $ mount -o remount,rw /boot > > And proceed with the install. After installation is complete, return > /boot to it's original state. (You don't really have to, but again, it's > a good idea to protect that critical data). > > $ mount -o remount,ro /boot > > If anything about this options isn't obvious, the complete descriptions > will be in `man mount`.
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