[CentOS] USB key installed OS; file system goes read-only randomly...

Jason Pyeron wrote:
> This happened a few times now, I (soft) reboot and do the fsck thing and all is
> fine until it happens again.
>   

A) your USB key is flakey

B) your systems USB ports are flakey

C) the cabling between the mainboard and the USB port is flakey.


I've run into C) quite a lot, where front panel USB ports don't work 
reliably at USB2.0 speeds when doing large and/or complex operations.  I 
suspect the internal wiring is inadequate for the task.