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

[Robert Brockway]

On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, 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.

I only skimmed the thread (a bit busy with that work stuff :) but is /proc
mounted?  All sorts of things will break if it is not.  Execute the
command /sbin/mount to see the currently mounted filesystems.  If it fails
then /proc is probably not mounted.  Commands like ps and various others
will fails with strange errors if /proc is not mounted.

Check your /etc/fstab file.  Does it have an entry like:

proc            /proc           proc    defaults                0       0

Might not be the problem but worth ruling out.

Cheers,
	-Rob

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