Rc.conf_mount_rw periodic failures in logs
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Since upgrading from 2.2.1 up to 2.2.4 I have noticed a recurring error message in the system logs. This happens periodically on the hour. The only thing I can think that might be switching to RW is the job that backups DHCP and RRD data.
messages look like:
php: rc.conf_mount_rw: The command '/sbin/mount -u -w -o sync,noatime /cf' returned exit code '1', the output was 'mount: /dev/ufs/cf: Device busysometimes (but not always, seems to be about 1/3rd of the time) it is immediately followed by:
php: rc.conf_mount_rw: File system is dirty. Launching FSCK for /Is this something to be concerned about? Any way to get more data on what's going on?
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Login via ssh and try running /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw by hand, see what happens.
When it's in ro mode (/etc/rc.conf_mount_ro) you can run "fsck -y /cf" to see if it can find/repair any errors.
It could be that the disk is starting to give out.
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Thanks for the response.
I ran /etc/rc.conf_mount_rw via SSH - it returned successfully very fast.
I then ran /etc/rc.conf_mount_ro - it took a few seconds, then also completed successfully (both commands verified by looking at the output from "mount")
After the filesystem was mounted read only - I ran fsck -y /cf - and it produced the following result:
** /dev/ufs/cf
** Last Mounted on /cf
** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
33 files, 8520 used, 92535 free (39 frags, 11562 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation)***** FILE SYSTEM IS CLEAN *****
