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  1. #1
    Join Date
    Jun 2001
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    480

    Input/output error

    Hi

    Guys. I got an odd issue here. My server seems to crash every couple of days. Now, it has just crashed again. I still managed to ssh into the server which i normally dont. But i noticed just about all command doesnt work, including trying to reboot the server. I check out the /bin directory. I see following error. I think once I do a power cycle. Everything would be back to normal. Does anyone has any idea whats the issue?

    [root@cp bin]# ls
    ls: dnsdomainname: Input/output error
    ls: ping: Input/output error
    ls: mail: Input/output error
    ls: mt: Input/output error
    ls: nisdomainname: Input/output error
    ls: domainname: Input/output error
    ls: netstat: Input/output error
    ls: cpio: Input/output error
    ls: ypdomainname: Input/output error
    ls: setserial: Input/output error
    ls: bash2: Input/output error
    ls: ed: Input/output error
    ls: red: Input/output error
    ls: cp: Input/output error
    ls: ln: Input/output error
    ls: mkdir: Input/output error
    ls: mknod: Input/output error
    ls: rmdir: Input/output error

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Sep 2000
    Location
    Maine
    Posts
    33
    Sounds like you have a corrupt file system. You could try to run e2fsck.

    [root@cp bin]# init 1 (this will drop your system into single user mode.)
    [root@cp bin]# mount -o remount,ro / (this will un mount root, making it read only.)
    [root@cp bin]# e2fsck -c / (this will check your system and look for bad blocks)
    [root@cp bin]# mount -o remount,rw / (this will remount / and make it read/wrtite again)
    [root@cp bin]# init 2 (this will take you back to multi user mode)

    Note, I have not tested this but it should work on a linux system.
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  3. #3
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    UK
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    tip: dont try and do this remotely !

    although i dont have the exact syntax, theres either a mount flag you can put in the mtab/fstab, or you can edit something on the disk to make your machine run an fsck on bootup (you bring the number of days between individual fsck's down) and then reboot

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