On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 at 19:28, Kostas Sfakiotakis <kosta...@cha.forthnet.gr> wrote:
> > Στις 19/1/21 11:09 μ.μ., ο/η Garry T. Williams έγραψε: > > On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 3:15:59 PM EST Kostas Sfakiotakis wrote: > >> dnf info sendmail > >> error: SELECT hnum, idx FROM 'Providename' WHERE key=?: 11: database > >> disk image is malformed > >> error: SELECT hnum, idx FROM 'Providename' WHERE key=?: 11: database > >> disk image is malformed > >> Unable to detect release version (use '--releasever' to specify release > >> version) > >> Config error: [Errno 30] Αναγνώσιμο-μόνο σύστημα αρχείων: > > This is probably the clue. Google translate says that is > > "Readable-only file system". Something's wrong with the file system > > -- not the database file -- probably. > > Sorry it was my mistake , i forgot that my system messages are in Greek . > > Yes Google Translate is correct on the translation indeed it speaks of > > a read-only filesystem . > > You are correct too , it was a filesystem error and not a database error . > > The filesystem in question was the Var partition ( /dev/mapper/F31-F31Var , > yes it is a Logical Volume ) . > > Managed to boot a Fedora 29 installation that i have on this computer on > > another hard disk , thought about it ( it has occurred once more ) and > > here we are . After an e2fsck , which reported even some I/O errors > > among some other stuff ( a lot of inode errors , whatever this inodes > > are ) the F33 installation booted normally again . > There is a good chance the storage device is failing. Make sure you have backups. -- George N. White III
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