mount: WARNING: device write-protected, mounted read-only.
Issue
- The
mountcommand returnsWARNING: device write-protected, mounted read-only.while attempting to mount a filesystem in a virtual machine.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Guest virtual machine
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