create mount dir error: Read-only file system despite chmod -R 777

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Message 847 - Posted: 16 Nov 2020, 21:37:33 UTC

Hello,
Just installed Boinc on a few systems. I followed my usual Linux install procedure which - to be fair - is not very difficult and likely lacks a few things, however a very different result is being seen this go round. It is my standard Ubuntu 1804 procedure which simply involves installing Boinc along with virtualbox and a few libraries for climateprediction. nothing special.
After doing so, I am now getting tasks such as this one. I did try adding sudo chmod -R 777 /var/lib/boinc-client and restarting, then re-adding the project. Still no go.
https://www.mlcathome.org/mlcathome/result.php?resultid=2896976

I am far from a Linux expert so this has me stumped. Other projects, such as Rosetta, are running just fine currently, or at least are seeming to so far. My deepest apologies for all the errored out tasks.
If anyone has any ideas to go about fixing this it would be greatly appreciated as this is the only project that appears to be failing with each task seeming to fail immediately.
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Message 850 - Posted: 17 Nov 2020, 18:04:25 UTC - in response to Message 847.  

/tmp would be the place to check. If the message is correct you somehow got it mounted ro. Or the message could be misleading, in that case it could mean you can't write there for other reasons.
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Message 851 - Posted: 17 Nov 2020, 19:41:14 UTC - in response to Message 850.  

/tmp would be the place to check. If the message is correct you somehow got it mounted ro. Or the message could be misleading, in that case it could mean you can't write there for other reasons.

Thanks. I'll take a look.
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