Input/output ERROR FC3

[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