On Monday 19 March 2001 11:34, you wrote:
> /dev/hda6 FILE SYSTEM MODIFIED
> mounting local filesystems: can't create lock Failed
> can't create lockfile /etc/mtab~333: No space left on device Failed
It would seem that your filesystem for / is out of disk space. Very bad
things can happen if your root partition is alllowed to run out of space, and
you've no doubt discovered one of those. :(
In this situation it appears that you can't mount because the 'table of
mounted filesystems' appears to be /etc/mtab and that file can't be made
because there isn't any space. I'm pretty sure this file is built on the fly
as the system boots.
What to do about it? Boot your system into single-user mode by typing 'linux
single' if you are using lilo, or use a rescue disk. Then you can mount the
root filesystem and clean up the mess, and then reboot.
> chmod: /var/run/random-seed: No such file or directory
> touch: /var/lock/subsys/random: No space left on device
/var should be on its own filesystem for the same reasons - you can't afford
to let this run out of space.
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