# Failed to mkdir "/etc/crictl.yaml": mkdir /etc/crictl.yaml: read-only file system

**URL:** <https://forums.portworx.com/t/failed-to-mkdir-etc-crictl-yaml-mkdir-etc-crictl-yaml-read-only-file-system/1677>\
**Category:** Portworx on Kubernetes\
**Tags:** install\
**Created:** [July 11, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/failed-to-mkdir-etc-crictl-yaml-mkdir-etc-crictl-yaml-read-only-file-system/1677 "2023-07-11T12:18:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![andyrue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.portworx.com/andyrue/32/706_2.png) [@andyrue](https://forums.portworx.com/u/andyrue)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/failed-to-mkdir-etc-crictl-yaml-mkdir-etc-crictl-yaml-read-only-file-system/1677/1 "2023-07-11T12:18:55Z")

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I’m trying to install Portworx Essentials on Talos Linux which mounts the /etc folder as read-only. Is there a way to specify a different path for things that are getting written there?

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**Author:** ![andyrue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.portworx.com/andyrue/32/706_2.png) [@andyrue](https://forums.portworx.com/u/andyrue)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://forums.portworx.com/t/failed-to-mkdir-etc-crictl-yaml-mkdir-etc-crictl-yaml-read-only-file-system/1677/2 "2023-07-12T13:40:21Z")

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This particular error is happening when the StorageCluster is trying to initialize. The storage cluster pods have `failed to generate container "532e5........" spec: failed to generate spec: failed to mkdir "/etc/crictl.yaml": mkdir /etc/crictl.yaml: read-only file system`