[OpenAFS] fs: Input/output error

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Mike T wrote:

> hi
> I am a newbie to AFS . I installed the Redhat packages that were 
> generated by
> rpm --rebuild openafs-1.2.7xxxx.src.rpm
> Following the instructions in the Quick Beginnings for Unix . I am 
> trying to create a afs server only .
> -Do I have to setup the client on that server .

no, but...

> -I am running Redhat 7.3 with XFS . When I run the /etc/init.d/afs no 
> errors generated .
> How do I check that the volumes are mounted by the afs fs. When executing
> fs checkvolumes  from /   .....  fs: Input/output error .

this won't work if you're not running a client, and...

> -/afs  does exist , and  755  .  /vicepa  is mounted .

you also need a root.afs volume which the client mounts at root.afs

the quick start guide does tell you to do this, if you followed that