Re: Cannot mout proc

["A. John Peters" <ajpeters ajpconsult com>]

On 6/6/03 9:57 AM, "A. John Peters" <ajpeters ajpconsult com> wrote:

> On 6/5/03 8:44 PM, "Bob McClure Jr" <robertmcclure earthlink net> wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 07:22:06PM -0500, A. John Peters wrote:
>>> I was running fine.  Made some changes and rebooted.  Got message that it
>>> couldn¹t mount /proc  type commannd mount proc proc /proc.... And then said
>>> I have a bad fstab.
>>> Will not let me go into single user mode.
>>> 
>>> When I tryied to type any thing I cout a long message with the term oh F**K
>>> (real spelling supplied by developer)
>>> 
>>> This system is remote, so I will not be able to run rescue for a couple of
>>> days.
>>> 
>>> Is this a BAD message.  Is my file system screwed up?  I can get more
>>> details on the message next week if needed.  I was getting punchy 3 am today
>>> and didn't write down all the details
>>> 
>>> John
>> 
>> Tell us more about your setup.  How do you get the described messages
>> (and presumably the machine does not come up) when it is remote?
>> 
>> Yes, that information does have a very bad aroma.  Be prepared for a
>> re-install and/or restore from backups.
>> 
>> Cheers,
> 
> I was physically at a a customer site.  It is about 160 miles from my
> office.  
> 
> Redhat 9.0 with 2 NIC cards 80 mbytes of storage
> Running samba, shorewall, apache for local intranet
> 
> Added 2nd NIC when I was there.  The system had been running for 9 am until
> about 10 PM
> 
> I had rebooted several times.
> 
> Last reboot I got the above message,  It happens right after enter I for
> interactive.  (I have never been able to do that on this system, why:)
> 
> 
> The swearing started in the micro code.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> 
I could not repair,  I had to reinstall.  Not a problem,  I had key file
backups.

Anyone seen this before.

I had just changed my network systems.