Why am I seeing the error message "read only-file system" when the file system is mounted rw?

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  • Why am I seeing the error message "read only file system" when the file system is mounted rw?

    Jul 20 05:05:00 Hostname kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • ext3 file system
  • ext4 file system

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