Hi,

When I try to do a safe-upgrade on a Lenny system I get the following
error:


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dpkg: error processing
/var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_5lenny6_amd64.deb (--unpack):
unable to stat `./mnt' (which I was about to install): No such device
or address

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I'm thinking this might be caused a bad block or bad cabling. Anyone who
knows what this is? Thanks in advance! Some more information:











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# ls /mnt
ls: cannot access /mnt: No such device or address
# cd /mnt
# pwd
/mnt
# ls
ls: cannot open directory .: No such device or address
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From the syslog

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Jul 25 17:02:47 server kernel: [4684955.154845] ide-cd: cmd 0x3 timed out
Jul 25 17:02:47 server kernel: [4684955.154884] hda: lost interrupt
Jul 25 17:03:47 server kernel: [4685015.281517] hda: lost interrupt
Jul 25 17:04:47 server kernel: [4685075.638334] ide-cd: cmd 0x3 timed out
Jul 25 17:04:47 server kernel: [4685075.638334] hda: lost interrupt
Jul 25 17:05:47 server kernel: [4685135.767911] ide-cd: cmd 0x3 timed out
Jul 25 17:05:47 server kernel: [4685135.767950] hda: lost interrupt
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Some more information:
Al other folders have normal permissions, /mnt on the*other*hand has:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# ls -la /d????????? *? ? * *? * * * *? * * * * * * * *? mnt-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# mv /mnt ~mv: cannot stat `/mnt': No such device or address-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# rm -Rf /mnt*rm: cannot remove `/mnt': No such device or address-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

On Lu, 26 iul 10, 09:53:21, Aniruddha wrote:
> Some more information:
>
> Al other folders have normal permissions, /mnt on the other hand has:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # ls -la /
> d????????? ? ? ? ? ? mnt
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # mv /mnt ~
> mv: cannot stat `/mnt': No such device or address
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # rm -Rf /mnt
> rm: cannot remove `/mnt': No such device or address
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You should run a fsck on your filesystems.

Regards,
Andrei
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On Monday 26 July 2010 02:37:56 Aniruddha wrote:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> dpkg: error processing
> /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_5lenny6_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> unable to stat `./mnt' (which I was about to install): No such device
> or address
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> # ls /mnt
> ls: cannot access /mnt: No such device or address
> # cd /mnt
> # pwd
> /mnt
> # ls
> ls: cannot open directory .: No such device or address
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> From the syslog
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Jul 25 17:02:47 server kernel: [4684955.154845] ide-cd: cmd 0x3 timed out
> Jul 25 17:02:47 server kernel: [4684955.154884] hda: lost interrupt
> Jul 25 17:03:47 server kernel: [4685015.281517] hda: lost interrupt
> Jul 25 17:04:47 server kernel: [4685075.638334] ide-cd: cmd 0x3 timed out
> Jul 25 17:04:47 server kernel: [4685075.638334] hda: lost interrupt
> Jul 25 17:05:47 server kernel: [4685135.767911] ide-cd: cmd 0x3 timed out
> Jul 25 17:05:47 server kernel: [4685135.767950] hda: lost interrupt
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Maybe something mounted your optical media on /mnt, and the disk / drive is no
longer available but the filesystem is still mounted.

umount -f and umount -l could help here.
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