On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 11:28, Roderick A. Anderson wrote; > {/vservers.new}# unify-dirs -d ref tc > unify-dirs: Unifying: ref tc > unify-dirs: Processing ref... > unify-dirs: Readdir OK > unify-dirs: Processing tc... > unify-dirs: Readdir OK > unify-dirs: Processing ref/sbin... > unify-dirs: Readdir OK > unify-dirs: Processing tc/sbin... > unify-dirs: Readdir OK > unify-dirs: COMPARE: tc/sbin/install-info vs ref/sbin/install-info > unify-dirs: digesting tc/sbin/install-info > Error digesting tc/sbin/install-info; Input/output error at > /root/bin/unify-dirs line 287.
Input/output error means that the OS returned EIO when a file was read. As compared with EPERM (Permission Denied), this typically means there was a hard error on the disk, or a bug in the VFS layer or filesystem ( you're not running reiserfs perchance are you? ;) ). This may manifest itself as a segfault if it was in the VFS layer. If it's completely random, it might even mean that you have faulty RAM! Does: cat tc/sbin/install-info ref/sbin/install-info >/dev/null Work? If not, then you have a more serious problem. I'd look at the output of `dmesg' to look for the IDE or SCSI layers complaining, or otherwise take the system down to single and fsck the partition. If it *does* work, but `unify-dirs' doesn't, then there is something wierder going on - in which case, mail me /tmp/trace (off-list) from: strace -fae -o /tmp/trace unify-dirs -d ref tc -- Sam Vilain, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. ALBERT EINSTEIN _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver