diff --git a/sbin/kernel-getlast.sh b/sbin/kernel-getlast.sh
index 1549409..481bb4c 100755
--- a/sbin/kernel-getlast.sh
+++ b/sbin/kernel-getlast.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ kernel_regex=`kernel-config list | grep \* | cut -d" " -f6  | sed 's~[0-9]*\.[0-
 new_kernel=`kernel-config list | cut -d" " -f6 | grep ^$kernel_regex$ | sort -V | tail -n1`
 [ "" == "$new_kernel" ] && echo "Couldn't find appropriate new kernel version ;-(" && exit -1
 
+# remounting file systems ro->rw
+for fs in $RW_REMOUNT; do
+	if [[ "$fs" =~ ^/+usr/*$ || "$fs" =~ ^/+boot/*$ ]]; then
+		echo "remounting $fs -> rw"
+		mount -o remount,rw $fs
+		[ 0 -ne $? ] && echo "mount -o remount,rw $fs failed ;-( =======" && exit -1
+	fi
+done
+
 kernel-config set $new_kernel
 [ 0 -ne $? ] && echo "kernel-config set $new_kernel failed ;-(" && exit -1
 
@@ -20,5 +29,14 @@ if [ ! -f "$vmlinuz_file" ]; then
 	[ 0 -ne $? ] && echo "kernel-rebuild.sh failed" && exit -1
 fi
 
+# remounting file systems rw->ro
+for fs in $RO_REMOUNT; do
+	if [[ "$fs" =~ ^/+usr/*$ || "$fs" =~ ^/+boot/*$ ]]; then
+		echo "remounting $fs -> ro"
+		mount -o remount,ro $fs
+		[ 0 -ne $? ] && echo "mount -o remount,ro $fs failed ;-( =======" && exit -1
+	fi
+done
+
 exit 0
 
diff --git a/sbin/kernel-rebuild.sh b/sbin/kernel-rebuild.sh
index 876921e..a5101f0 100755
--- a/sbin/kernel-rebuild.sh
+++ b/sbin/kernel-rebuild.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ CONFIG_FILE=/proc/config.gz
 
 # remounting file systems ro->rw
 for fs in $RW_REMOUNT; do
-	if [[ "$fs" =~ "^/+usr/*$" || "$fs" =~ "^/+boot/*$" ]]; then
+	if [[ "$fs" =~ ^/+usr/*$ || "$fs" =~ ^/+boot/*$ ]]; then
 		echo "remounting $fs -> rw"
 		mount -o remount,rw $fs
 		[ 0 -ne $? ] && echo "mount -o remount,rw $fs failed ;-( =======" && exit -1
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ cd $pwdtmp
 
 # remounting file systems rw->ro
 for fs in $RO_REMOUNT; do
-	if [[ "$fs" =~ "^/+usr/*$" || "$fs" =~ "^/+boot/*$" ]]; then
+	if [[ "$fs" =~ ^/+usr/*$ || "$fs" =~ ^/+boot/*$ ]]; then
 		echo "remounting $fs -> ro"
-		mount -o remount,ro $fs
-		[ 0 -ne $? ] && echo "mount -o remount,ro $fs failed ;-( =======" && exit -1
+		mount -f -o remount,ro $fs
+		[ 0 -ne $? ] && echo "mount -f -o remount,ro $fs failed ;-( =======" && exit -1
 	fi
 done