[Gllug] I/O error

[Ian Northeast]

Henrik Morsing wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I have a corrupted file in my / file system. I get
> 
> debian:/etc# ls lvmtab.d
> ls: lvmtab.d: Input/output error
> 
> I can't even 'ls'it to get an inode number. I've tried fsck but it can't
> fix it. This problem is preventing me from importing the VG I have my
> system on.
> 
> Does anyone know any tricks or do I have to move the root file system?

Can you delete it? Or rename it? If so vgscan will recreate it.

However, the fact that you are getting this error indicates that there
is some fundamental problem and I would suspect the disk itself. Even if
you do recover you may be in for more trouble later unless you replace
it.

Regards, Ian

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