Thanks Grant, I will try it the next time I boot Linux ! >8]
I am suprised that i am running such an obscure command to fix something that looks like a hd mount problem. What exactly am I looking for in the resulting file ? Matt > >On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Matt - wrote: > > > It has been working for about a week but then today, all of a > > sudden, I get a "segmentation fault" when I try to run the "ls" > > command in the directory - ditto with "dir". Strangely enough, > > I can "cd" into directories I know exist. Here's a copy-paste > > of a typical mount attempt: > > > > [root@localhost /]# mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /win > > [root@localhost /win]# mount > > /dev/hdc1 on / type ext2 (rw) > > none on /proc type proc (rw) > > none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) > > /dev/hda1 on /win type vfat (rw) > > [root@localhost /win]# ls > > Segmentation fault > > [root@localhost /win]# dir > > Segmentation fault > > [root@localhost /win]# mc > > Segmentation fault > > [root@localhost /win]# cd windows > > [root@localhost windows]# ls > > Segmentation fault > > [root@localhost /win]# cd desktop > > [root@localhost desktop]# ls > > Segmentation fault > > > > If I try to run "vi autoexec.ba[TAB]" it will die and > > destroy xterm !? > > > > I have tried booting the windows hard drive and all works > > correctly, I have run a "basic" windows scandisk on the > > drive and it reports no errors. > > > > What could I be doing wrong ? I'm really bad at hardware > > diagnosis :) > >Sounds like some fun.. you're going to have to provide some more >information like so:- > >mount .. >cd /win >strace ls >/tmp/strace.log 2>&1 > >If you haven't got strace, it should be on your install CD's somewhere. >It will trace all library calls and you can even get something out of it >if you've not done any programming. There's a *lot* of info output so just >skip to the end and post about the last page to the SLUG list. > >I got exactly 100 lines on my junkfs for example that didn't have any >errors, I can tell a lot of time it spends openning up libraries & so >forth before getting to the nitty gritty, in fact the last 7 lines is >where it looks at the directory! > > -- >---<GRiP>--- >Web: www.arcadia.au.com/gripz >Phone/fax: 02 4950 1194 >Mobile: 0408 686 201 > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
