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dmarkow
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:13 pm    Post subject: /etc/mtab screwed up Reply with quote

I recently upgraded my kernel to 2.6.25-gentoo-r7 and rebooted. Now I'm getting errors about accessing /etc/mtab.

Specifically, I get "can't open /etc/mtab for writing: Stale NFS file handle"

When I look at the directory listing for mtab, I get:
-????????? ? ? ? ? ? mtab

I can't delete it, update it, clear it, do a "cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab", etc. They all give me the NFS error. I've rebooted several times and can't get it working. Help!
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,

Did you try to boot on the livecd and re-generate the mtab like explained in the handbook?
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Seems the filesystem is corrupted. Time for fsck ;-)
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