mount: file system table may be corrupt

[Marc Dijkstra]

Hi all

I have just booted a server up into single user mode and after waiting a long time found that it did not mount /stand.

I tried single mounts, mount -a and just mount and get the error after about 5 minutes:

mount: file system table may be corrupt.

Help!

thx

MND

[Helen French · Accepted solution]

One possible try:

# mv /etc/mnttab /etc/mnttab.org
# mount -a

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Marc:

Try this:

# mv /etc/mnttab /etc/mnttab.old
# mount -a

Regards!

...JRF...

[Sandip Ghosh]

Your vg00 has not been activated. Activate vg00 by "vgchange -a y /dev/vg00"
Then give "mount -a".


Sandip

[S.K. Chan]

The filesystem table points to /etc/mnttab file and most likely it is corrupted of missing or the size is zero. Recreate them lik so ..
# cd /etc
# mv mnttab mnttab.old
# mount -a
# bdf
===> check it, if ok ..
# rm mnttab.old

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Marc,

Try,

# mv /etc/mnttab /etc/mnttab.old
# mount -a
# bdf

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Marc Dijkstra]

Hooo-boy! Stop!

Ok, shoulda used the search.... it's late, I'm tired, this is a bank, they are live..... I have DONE THIS BEFORE! Oh dear my brain hurts

Lots of tenners ther folks, thanks for solving my aching head and fixing my panic.

Call closed.

MND