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+<sect1 id="ch07-mountfs">
+<title>Creating the mountfs script</title>
+
+<para>
+Create a new file <filename>/etc/init.d/mountfs</filename> containing
+the following:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout>
+
+<userinput>cat &gt; mountfs &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
+#!/bin/sh
+# Begin /etc/init.d/mountfs
+
+#
+# Include the functions declared in the /etc/init.d/functions file
+#
+
+source /etc/init.d/functions
+
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+
+        #
+        # Remount the root partition in read-write mode. -n tells mount
+        # not to
+        # write to the /etc/mtab file (because it can't do this. The
+        # root
+        # partition is most likely still mounted in read-only mode
+        #
+
+        echo -n "Remounting root file system in read-write mode..."
+        /bin/mount -n -o remount,rw /
+        evaluate_retval
+
+        #
+        # First empty the /etc/mtab file. Then remount root partition 
+        # in read-write 
+        # mode again but pass -f to mount. This way mount does
+        # everything 
+        # except the mount itself. This is needed for it to write to the
+        # mtab 
+        # file which contains a list of currently mounted file systems.
+        #
+
+        echo > /etc/mtab
+        /bin/mount -f -o remount,rw /
+
+        #
+        # Remove the possible /fastboot and /forcefsck files. they are
+        # only
+        # supposed to be used during the next reboot's checkfs wich just
+        # happened. If you want to fastboot or forcefsck again you'll
+        # have to
+        # recreate the files
+        #
+
+        /bin/rm -f /fastboot /forcefsck
+
+        #
+        # Walk through /etc/fstab and mount all file systems that don't 
+        # have the noauto option set in the fs_mntops field (the 4th
+        # field. 
+        # See man fstab for more info)
+        #
+
+        echo -n "Mounting other file systems..."
+        /bin/mount -a
+        evaluate_retval
+        ;;
+
+    stop)
+
+        #
+        # Deactive all the swap partitions
+        #
+
+        echo -n "Deactivating swap..."
+        /sbin/swapoff -a
+        evaluate_retval
+
+        #
+        # And unmount all the file systems, mounting the root file
+        # system
+        # read-only (all are unmounted but because root can't be
+        # unmounted 
+        # at this point mount will automatically mount it read-only
+        # which 
+        # is what supposed to happen. This way no data can be written 
+        # anymore from disk)
+        #
+
+        echo -n "Unmounting file systems..."
+        /bin/umount -a -r
+        evaluate_retval
+        ;;
+
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
+        exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# End /etc/init.d/mountfs
+<userinput>EOF</userinput>
+
+</literallayout>
+
+</sect1>
+