Is it possible to mount the root filesystem read-only (Stateless Linux)?

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Issue

  • Trying to mount the root "/" partition read-only on boot (in the fstab file) does not seem to work. This only works after a reboot. Is there a way to mount it read-only on boot?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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