nbd errors and /dev/nbd* files.

[Richard E Miles]

On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:16:20 +0100
Marcus Lively <marcus at livelynet.com> wrote:

> Marcus Lively wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > Hope someone can help me here, I have noticed the following in my log 
> > files and have done some research but seem to be drawing blanks. the 
> > messages are as follows:
> >
> > kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev nbd104, sector 4294965120
> > kernel: nbd104: Request when not-ready
> > kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev nbd104, sector 0
> > kernel: nbd105: Request when not-ready
> > kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev nbd105, sector 4294965120
> > kernel: nbd105: Request when not-ready
> > ...
> > also
> > kernel: Buffer I/O error on device nbd16, logical block 2
> > kernel: Buffer I/O error on device nbd16, logical block 3
> > kernel: Buffer I/O error on device nbd16, logical block 4
> > kernel: Buffer I/O error on device nbd16, logical block 5
> > kernel: Buffer I/O error on device nbd16, logical block 6
> > kernel: Buffer I/O error on device nbd16, logical block 7
> > ...                                                         There are 
> > a number of nbdnnn files in the /dev directory yet I have not 
> > configured any nbd filesystems, I have checked lvm and there doesn't 
> > seem to be any logical volumes configured. My question is why are 
> > these messages appearing in the logs, and how come I seem to have so 
> > many nbd device files, could I just remove them from /dev.
> >
> > Thanks  Marcus.
> >
> OK, some more info
> 
> netfs is set to run at startup
> boot log shows - netfs: Mounting other filesystems:  failed
> no remote file systems are listed in /etc/fstab
> nfsd process is not running
> /etc/exports is empty
> 
> I do not know if the two are related, and since I do not use nfs perhaps 
> I should turn nfs off. I am still confused why these nbd device files 
> exist though and would like to remove them. Any advice appreciated.
> 
> Thanks Marcus.
> 

I would turn off nfs. I do not have it running and I do not have these problems.

-- 
Richard Miles
Federal Way WA. USA
registered linux user 46097