Directory sread failed

Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:47:52 -0500 (EST)
        From: Dave Wreski <dave@nic.com>
        To: redhat-list <redhat-list@redhat.com>
        Subject: Re: hundreds of error messages at 4:AM
        Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com

        > Can anyone tell me if this is refering to the floppy and how to read
        > what device/partition it is refering to?  I am assuming that the dev
        > 02:00 is a hint but I am clueless.
        >
        > Dec 12 04:13:19 compaq2 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
        > Dec 12 04:13:19 compaq2 kernel: 02:00: rw=0, want=10, limit=4
        > Dec 12 04:13:19 compaq2 kernel: dev 02:00 blksize=512 blocknr=19
        Yes, this is the floppy:
        brw-rw----    1 dave     floppy     2,   0 Aug 30 16:30 /dev/fd0
        It's major:minor. It probably occured as updatedb was running, trying to
        index all the files on the mounted partitions.
        Best,
        Dave

From: Statux <statux@bigfoot.com>
        To: redhat-list <redhat-list@redhat.com>
        Subject: Re: hundreds of error messages at 4:AM
        Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com
        Simple Explanation: You had a floppy mounted, you removed the disk without
        unmounting. Then when your 4am (RedHat default setting) cron jobs were
        running, the slocate script tried to add the entries in /mnt/floppy
        (or wherever) to the locate database thus causing errors since the disk
        wasn't unmounted properly.
        Simple Solution: Always unmount before removing disk :)