Topic: Core Dump on df

[Serge Dutremble]

I am getting a "core dump" message when I try to execute a df command as root using SSH to my SME 5.1.2 server.

It seems that it is the only command that gives this.  The server DOES NOT crash though.

I get the core file in the directory I am in at the time.  Within the root, that core file is very large but dated on 28 March.  The other core files are small (less than 100K).

I have 392MB RAM on that box.

I tried to replace the df file from another SME 5.1.2 server with no change in behavior.

Can anyone make any sense of this?

I think I will reload the server from scratch but I would like to hear if this has happened to others with an explanation if it is available.

Thanks.

Serge.

[Nathan Fowler]

Try df -h and see what that does.  The windows equilivent of dumping core would be a General Protection Fault or a Blue Screen of Death.  Either your drive capacity is very large or df is just being quirky.

[Serge Dutremble]

The problem is not in the switch I use with df.

Nothing works.  No switch used make any difference.

I have one 8 GB HD for the system and one 60 GB HD for my data.

I had to reboot my server yesterday as it was not responding to any network request.

At the console, a login/password combination would only return you to the login prompt (clear screan and back to the prompt).

A CTRL-ALT-DEL would display:

Init: Cant't fork, Retrying

... this goes on forever.

A hard reset would naturally go through a long reboot due to the fact that the partitions were not unmounted properly.

No indication of what has happened in the logs. (I mean nothing!)

I think I will wipe all this out and reload the system from scratch.

Hasn't anyone seen something like this before?

Serge.