Input/output ERROR FC3

[KIMARIO FAWKES]

I don't know how to slove this problem, help please!

OS :FC3

Error:
mount: can't open/etc/mtab for writing:Input/output error

[James Wilkinson]

KIMARIO FAWKES wrote:
> I don't know how to slove this problem, help please!
>
> OS :FC3
>
> Error:
> mount: can't open/etc/mtab for writing:Input/output error

Can you run
ls -l /etc/mtab
lsattr /etc/mtab
and post the results?

Where are you getting this error? I'd imagine during start-up. Is this a
new install?

James.

[KIMARIO FAWKES]

I attempted to run ls -1 /etc/mtab, I got

ls: /etc/mtab: Input/output error
ls: lsattr: No such file or directory

no this is not a new install, my cousin was using it and it froze up, so he 
decided to just shut it down by unpluging the it, and when I came to to use 
it after work this was the problem I started to get.

Yes, the problem is at startup
> From: "KIMARIO FAWKES" 
> Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases 
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> Subject: Input/output ERROR FC3
> Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 22:53:21 +0000
>
> I don't know how to slove this problem, help please!
>
> OS :FC3
>
> Error:
> mount: can't open/etc/mtab for writing:Input/output error
>
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[James Wilkinson]

KIMARIO FAWKES wrote:
> I attempted to run ls -1 /etc/mtab, I got
>
> ls: /etc/mtab: Input/output error
> ls: lsattr: No such file or directory

Worrying.

But that was "ls -l" not "ls -1" (minus lower case L, not number 1)
and
lsattr /etc/mtab
no separate ls command.

I'd also run memtest (boot from the install CD and type in memtest at
the first prompt) and (in Fedora), as root,
smartctl -H /dev/hda

smartctl -l error /dev/hda

smartctl -t short /dev/hda
which will do a low-level check on the disk: wait a minute for that to
run, then do
smartctl -l selftest /dev/hda
to see the results.

That should check for hardware errors. Running
touch /forcefsck
and rebooting should (take a bit longer, but) make sure that the root
filesystem is in good shape, too.

James.

[James McKenzie]

James Wilkinson wrote:
> KIMARIO FAWKES wrote:
> > I attempted to run ls -1 /etc/mtab, I got
> >
> > ls: /etc/mtab: Input/output error
> > ls: lsattr: No such file or directory
>
> Worrying.
>
> But that was "ls -l" not "ls -1" (minus lower case L, not number 1)
> and
> lsattr /etc/mtab
> no separate ls command.
>
> I'd also run memtest (boot from the install CD and type in memtest at
> the first prompt) and (in Fedora), as root,
> smartctl -H /dev/hda
>
> smartctl -l error /dev/hda
>
> smartctl -t short /dev/hda
> which will do a low-level check on the disk: wait a minute for that to
> run, then do
> smartctl -l selftest /dev/hda
> to see the results.
>
> That should check for hardware errors. Running
> touch /forcefsck
> and rebooting should (take a bit longer, but) make sure that the root
> filesystem is in good shape, too.

I would like to add the following if the OP decides to boot up using the 
rescue disk:

First:  boot using: linux rescue
Second: type in:  fdisk -l /dev/hda (or /dev/<where your Linux drive is> 
(replace the drive's location)
Third:  run: fsck /dev/hda(replace with the partition # of EACH Linux 
partition).
Fourth: If you get no errors in the third step, reboot using the rescue 
disk and mount the file system.
Fifth:  Check the files above.  They should exist and be readable.

James McKenzie

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 02 February 2005 18:36, KIMARIO FAWKES wrote:
> I attempted to run ls -1 /etc/mtab, I got
>
> ls: /etc/mtab: Input/output error
> ls: lsattr: No such file or directory

He meant to 'lsattr /etc/mtab' sorry fr the confusion.