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diff --git a/daemons/runsystem.sh b/daemons/runsystem.sh
index 4b9334e3..f4f27711 100644
--- a/daemons/runsystem.sh
+++ b/daemons/runsystem.sh
@@ -55,10 +55,17 @@ function singleuser ()
}
-# See whether pflocal is setup already, and do so if not (install case)
-
-if ! test -e /servers/socket/1 && which settrans >/dev/null ; then
- settrans -c /servers/socket/1 /hurd/pflocal
+# See whether pflocal is set up already, and do so if not (install case)
+#
+# Normally this should be the case, but we better make sure since
+# without the pflocal server, pipe(2) does not work.
+if ! test -e /servers/socket/1 ; then
+ # The root filesystem should be read-only at this point.
+ if fsysopts / --update --writable ; then
+ settrans -c /servers/socket/1 /hurd/pflocal
+ else
+ singleuser "Failed to create /servers/socket/1."
+ fi
fi
# We expect to be started by console-run, which gives us no arguments and