Re: df: cannot read table of mounted filesystems: Input/output error

On Mon Mar 31 2003 at 14:35, "System" wrote:

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> /proc is mounted
> the root File system is not readonly
> cat /proc/partions is fine
> proc/mounts no probs
> cat: /etc/mtab: Input/output error

ah-ohh, that's bad, and that's where your problem lies.  /etc/mtab
should look very much like the output of "cat /proc/mounts" (in
fact, on enbedded systems and other situations where the /etc/
directory is read-only, /etc/mtab is a symlink to /proc/mounts).

> fdisk -l is ok
> mount ok

Good.  Then why is /etc/mtab bad?  (for you to discover)

> The problem now is only with df -h and the cat /etc/mtab file.

indeed :-)

(hint: symptons of the same problem, df and other utilities get
their information from /etc/mtab, which is "maintained" by the mount
utility).

> I have written certains scripts that will shows me the hidden PIDs but it
> didn;t show on my server.

huh?  ("hidden" PIDs?  What's so hidden about PIDs?)

Anyway, good luck with solving this problem.

> Regards,
> Tina

Cheers
Tony