On 03 Feb 2004, Andreas Janssen wrote: > Hello > > Hanspeter Kunz (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > > On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 16:37, Anthony Campbell wrote: > >> > >> I've noticed a worrying message at boot. It comes just after > >> "Cleaning /tmp /var/run /var/lock" > >> > >> and reads: > >> "mount: wrong fstype, bad option, bad superblock on tmpfs, or > >> too many mounted filesystems" > >> > >> In spite of this, everything seems to work as it should and > >> /var/log/boot does not show the same error message. Something > >> misconfigured I suppose but I can't think where. Anyone know what it > >> refers to or what needs to be done for it? > >> > > check /etc/fstab, I guess one of the entries is the problem. > > I thought that too, but (at least on Woody) the file systems in the > fstab are mounted /before/ /tmp, /var/lock and /var/run are cleaned > (logical, isn't it?). His problem appears /after/ cleaning these > directories, so the problem maybe is caused by some initscript trying > to mount tmpfs. > > best regards > Andreas Janssen
Thanks to everyone for helpful comments on this. Looks like Andreas is right. The tmpfs stuff was coming from /etc/init.d/mountkernfs; commenting out has removed the error message. Anthony -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk using Linux GNU/Debian || for book reviews, electronic Windows-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
