From a99cb339f6abe42d2d14bb627efbd22c7d9c5bfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karel Zak Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 15:20:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] mount: suggest to use blockdev --setro rather than losetup Thanks to Christoph Hellwig. Signed-off-by: Karel Zak --- mount/mount.8 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mount/mount.8 b/mount/mount.8 index a734c7b0..e53b5954 100644 --- a/mount/mount.8 +++ b/mount/mount.8 @@ -413,8 +413,8 @@ Mount the file system read-only. A synonym is Note that, depending on the filesystem type, state and kernel behavior, the system may still write to the device. For example, Ext3 will replay its journal if the filesystem is dirty. To prevent this kind of write access, you may want -to map the device through a read-only loop device, see command -.BR losetup (8). +to set the block device to read-only mode, see command +.BR blockdev (8). .TP .B \-w Mount the file system read/write. This is the default. A synonym is -- 2.39.5