[oclug]Couldn't open /proc/mounts/ No such file or directory

[Bob Lockie]

olga streltchenko wrote:

>Hi everybody,
>
>I run into the following problem on boot.
>
>Once the time comes for the file system check I get the following:
> Couldn't open /proc/mounts/ No such file or directory
>followed by a complaint that /proc/partitions doesn't exist.
>
>After that it dumps me into a shell to repair the sytem.
>Running fsck /dev/hda2 is not much help: it brings up the same message
>about /proc/mounts/ (Sure enough, /proc/ shows as being empty on ls).
>For some reason, bash cannot find umount command. (I was trying to umount
>/dev/hda2 to run fsck -a on it).
>
Boot from an install CD and fix the installation.

>
>I'm not sure what to do next. Some help would be appreciated.
>
>About the system. It's a dual-boot RedHat 7.3/Windows2000 no-name laptop
>(btw, Windows loads just fine).
>
>Thanks,
>Olga.
>
>
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