Android x86 Pie magisk installation "Read-only file system" - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey,
My setup:
Android-x86_9.0-r2_(x8) running on Proxmox (using QEMU and qcow2 formatted image)
GRUB, GBT installed, and I selected install with write permissions at the android installation
I tried to install magisk using the following guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-android-x86-rooted-magisk-t4077477
I successfully patched the boot.img and got the new kernel and ramdisk.img file. However, I wanted to replace them now, but I get the following error when I want to modify something in the folder where the old kernel and ramdisk.img is located:
Code:
Read-only file system
I connected to android using ADB (but also tried the terminal emulator on android itself). I already tried adb remount and other mounting options, but nothing works. Android runs as root.
The folder where the ramdisk.img and boot is located: /mnt/media_rw/Android-x86_9.0-r2_(x86)/
When running
Code:
mount | grep mnt
I receive the following (which means the folder Android-x86_9.0-r2_(x86) where the ramdisk.img etc. is stored is read-only:
Code:
/dev/block/vold/public:11,0 on /mnt/media_rw/Android-x86_9.0-r2_(x86) type iso9660 (ro,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nojoliet,utf8,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048,uid=1023,gid=1023)
When I try to mount it to rw using:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/vold/public:11,0 /mnt/media_rw/Andro*
I get:
Code:
'/dev/block/vold/public:11,0' is read-only
What can I do to change the ramdisk.img and kernel so I can install magisk?
Thank you very much!

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