On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:16:20 +0100 Marcus Lively <marcus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Marcus Lively wrote: > > > Hi, > > Hope someone can help me here, I have noticed the following in my log > > files and have done some research but seem to be drawing blanks. the > > messages are as follows: > > > > kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev nbd104, sector 4294965120 > > kernel: nbd104: Request when not-ready > > kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev nbd104, sector 0 > > kernel: nbd105: Request when not-ready > > kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev nbd105, sector 4294965120 > > kernel: nbd105: Request when not-ready > > ... > > also > > kernel: Buffer I/O error on device nbd16, logical block 2 > > kernel: Buffer I/O error on device nbd16, logical block 3 > > kernel: Buffer I/O error on device nbd16, logical block 4 > > kernel: Buffer I/O error on device nbd16, logical block 5 > > kernel: Buffer I/O error on device nbd16, logical block 6 > > kernel: Buffer I/O error on device nbd16, logical block 7 > > ... There are > > a number of nbdnnn files in the /dev directory yet I have not > > configured any nbd filesystems, I have checked lvm and there doesn't > > seem to be any logical volumes configured. My question is why are > > these messages appearing in the logs, and how come I seem to have so > > many nbd device files, could I just remove them from /dev. > > > > Thanks Marcus. > > > OK, some more info > > netfs is set to run at startup > boot log shows - netfs: Mounting other filesystems: failed > no remote file systems are listed in /etc/fstab > nfsd process is not running > /etc/exports is empty > > I do not know if the two are related, and since I do not use nfs perhaps > I should turn nfs off. I am still confused why these nbd device files > exist though and would like to remove them. Any advice appreciated. > > Thanks Marcus. > I would turn off nfs. I do not have it running and I do not have these problems. -- Richard Miles Federal Way WA. USA registered linux user 46097