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Old 02-25-2010, 05:59 AM   #1
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Buffer I/O error in red hat linux boot up


I get error message when boot up red hat linux

Buffer I/O error on device hdc ,logical block XX
...
/dev/hdc:read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0 : input/output error
.....
I paste the /etc/fstab file in here
/dev/hdc is cdrom
How can I fix it
Please advice



[root@vmlinux ~]# cat /etc/fstab
# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
/dev/vg00/lvol2 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/vg00/lvol4 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/vg00/lvol3 /var ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/vg00/lvol1 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /product ext3 defaults 0 0
/dev/sdb2 /database ext3 defaults 0 0
/dev/sdc1 /product1 ext3 defaults 0 0
/dev/sdc2 /database1 ext3 defaults 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_ubject_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_ubject_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
[root@vmlinux ~]#
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Old 02-25-2010, 06:43 AM   #2
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Hye

possibly a defect CD in drive?
 
Old 02-25-2010, 07:35 AM   #3
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Hye

possibly a defect CD in drive?
No CD in the CD rom .
The CDrom is working and no fault
 
Old 02-26-2010, 05:53 AM   #4
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Hi,
possibly Redhat tries to read from CDROM during boot and there error is created because there is no media found.
 
Old 02-26-2010, 06:01 AM   #5
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Hi,
possibly Redhat tries to read from CDROM during boot and there error is created because there is no media found.
I have another machine with red hat linux .The same version of red hat linux and there is CD rom.
But there is no this I/O buffer error ...
Why ???
Any advice to fix these error ???
 
Old 02-27-2010, 01:31 PM   #6
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Aaah you're running within VMWAre - could this be a bug in it?
 
Old 02-27-2010, 08:00 PM   #7
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Aaah you're running within VMWAre - could this be a bug in it?
I do not think it is bug in vmware as other version of red hat linux running and boot up fine in this VMware workstation...No this I/O buffer error ....
Any other advice ????
 
  


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