Re: Input/output error

[Andreas Dilger]

On Nov 23, 2001  16:43 +0100, Hartmut Holz wrote:
> On my machine (2.4.15 final) it is the same behaviour.  After reboot
> the lock files (and only the lock files) are corrupt. With 2.4.14 and 
> 2.4.13 everything works fine. gcc 2.96, e2fsck 1.25, aic7896/97
> 
> e2fsck output:
> --------------
> Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
> Pass 2: Checking directory structure
> Entry 'kudzu' in /lock/subsys (30001) has deleted/unused inode 30005. 
> Entry 'network' in /lock/subsys (30001) has deleted/unused inode 30006. 
> Entry 'syslog' in /lock/subsys (30001) has deleted/unused inode 30007. 
> Entry 'portmap' in /lock/subsys (30001) has deleted/unused inode 30008. 
> Entry 'nfslock' in /lock/subsys (30001) has deleted/unused inode 30009. 
> Entry 'syslogd.pid' in /run (38001) has deleted/unused inode 38009. 
> Entry 'klogd.pid' in /run (38001) has deleted/unused inode 38010. 

I take it that this is after a normal shutdown where you are sure that
the filesystem was unmounted cleanly?  It looks like a case where these
files are deleted, but held open by a process.

Could you please try the following:
- "telinit 1" to change into single user mode
- make sure all of the above processes are stopped (check via ps, and
  "/etc/rc.d/init.d/foo stop" for each one
- "lsof | grep /var" to see if any files are still open on /var
- umount /var
- e2fsck -f /dev/hdX

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
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