[SunHELP] Help please
Lund, Dennis
sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Fri May 25 07:17:48 CDT 2001
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At my last job this error was caused because /var was not mounted at the
boot time when the
system wants to write to /var/adm/utmp. Without /var mounted at boot time,
the /var/adm path
does not exist. What we did to avoid this message was to unmount /var and
create the
path /var/adm. This creates the path from /.
What it does is make the path /var/adm available at boot time without having
/var mounted.
/var/adm/utmp and utmpx can then be created/written to at boot time. When
the system
comes up /var will be mounted normally and the system will use the mounted
/var/adm/utmp.
Dennis L. Lund
-----Original Message-----
From: Li Huawei [mailto:lihuawei at ict.ac.cn]
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:16 PM
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: [SunHELP] Help please
Hi Admins,
It seems that a power outage happenend and have corrupted the files
/var/adm/utmpx and utmp.
When the system came back after power came back we get the msgs:
INIT: Cannot create /var/adm/utmp or /var/adm/utmpx
INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:" "
INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:" "
INIT: Single User Mode
...
We couldn't enter single user mode.
So we booted from cdrom, renamed the files utmp and utmpx to utmp and utmpx.
old,and rebooted the system but got the same err msgs again.
Any ideas... Help please.
Thanks,
Huawei Li
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=658050412-25052001>At my last
job this error was caused because /var was not mounted at the boot time when the
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=658050412-25052001>system wants
to write to /var/adm/utmp. </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial><SPAN class=658050412-25052001>Without /var mounted at boot time, the
/var/adm path </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=658050412-25052001>does not
exist. What we did to avoid this message was to unmount
</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=658050412-25052001>/var
and create the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=658050412-25052001>path
/var/adm. This creates the path from /.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN
class=658050412-25052001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=658050412-25052001>What it does
is make the path /var/adm available at boot time without having /var
mounted.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=658050412-25052001>/var/adm/utmp
and utmpx can then be created/written to at boot time. When the system
</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=658050412-25052001>comes up
</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=658050412-25052001>/var
will be mounted normally and the system will use the mounted
/var/adm/utmp.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN
class=658050412-25052001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN class=658050412-25052001>Dennis L.
Lund</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Li Huawei
[mailto:lihuawei at ict.ac.cn]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:16
PM<BR><B>To:</B> sunhelp at sunhelp.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [SunHELP] Help
please<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi Admins,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>It seems that a power outage happenend and have corrupted
the files /var/adm/utmpx and utmp. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>When the system came back after power came back we get
the msgs:<BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=2>INIT: Cannot create /var/adm/utmp or
/var/adm/utmpx<BR><BR>INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:"
"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><BR>INIT: failed write of utmpx entry:"
"<BR> <BR>INIT: Single User Mode</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>We couldn't enter single user mode.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>So we booted from cdrom, </FONT><FONT size=2>renamed
the files utmp and utmpx to utmp and utmpx.old,and rebooted the system but got
the same err msgs again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Any ideas... Help please.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Huawei Li</FONT></DIV>
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