To: alpha-osf-managers_at_ornl.gov
Subject: I/O error on directories
OSF Managers,
We have an Alpha 400, OSF 3.2 that is having increasing problems
with directory accesses. Specifically, a file appears to be in the
directory list, but it can't be stat()ed.
For example:
# /bin/ls | wc -l
494
# /bin/ls -l | wc -l
./dhoek not found
./jorgens5 not found
493
That is, doing a plain ls, which just lists the files in the directory
structure finds, works fine. The "ls -l", which is trying to stat()
each of those listings, has a problem. (It couldn't find the two
lines, plus a line for the "total".) Other utilities, including bru
and rm, have errno=5, I/O errors.
We have run fsck and rebooted in an effort to get it to fix itself, to
no avail. The three questions, of course are:
1. How do we fix the existing symptoms?
2. What is the disease (cause)?
3. What is the cure?
Please forward responses to jbaker_at_means.net and I will summarize.
Thanks,
Jason
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Jason Baker jbaker_at_means.net (612) 230-4461 (main)
MEANS Telcom
http://jbaker.means.net (612) 621-8001 (pager)
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Received on Wed Jun 18 1997 - 07:15:51 NZST