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. James. -- James Wilkinson | How about an Australian-language version? Exeter Devon UK | 'Your program just attempted an illegal instruction. E-mail address: james | No worries, mate.' @westexe.demon.co.uk | -- Paul Tomblin
