Mounting /usr filesystem with options delaylog,ro

[Carla Timm]

If I mount the /usr filesystem with the options delaylog,ro and reboot the server, the server does not come up correctly.

If /usr is mounted with just the ro option it is fine, and with /usr with just the delaylog option it is also fine.

Logically, it seems silly to use delaylogs on a read-only file system, but this is what is done by the hp hardening script.

Any ideas why this could be causing a problem would be appreciated.

[Mark Grant]

The system can not write a log on a read only filesystem because it's ummm read only!

If you are mounting it read only then you should have the "nolog" or "tmplog" option.