Why is my Droplet booting in Read Only mode?

If your Droplet’s filesystem is booting in a read-only state, you can review the Droplet’s system or kernel logs for any details on what may have triggered this state.

You can find the system logs in the following locations:

To view the logs, open the file in your preferred text editor. For example, to view the system log of an Ubuntu system using the nano text editor, run:

nano /var/log/syslog

If your Droplet is configured to capture kernel logs, you can review kernel logs by opening the /var/log/kern.log file in a text editor.

There are many possible causes for this problem, including file system corruption. If you suspect file system corruption, you can run a File System Check (FSCK) and attempt to recover the files.

Related Topics

How can I regain access to my Droplet when it won't boot?

Use the recovery ISO to access Droplets that fail to boot up or have system problems.

How do I fix a "system not initialized" error on multi-GPU Droplets?

Make sure NVIDIA Fabric Manager is running and has the same version number as the GPU drivers.

Why am I getting a Droplet autoscale pool error?

There may be an issue with the autoscale pool or Droplet configuration, the VPC network’s size, or resource limits on the team or datacenter.