Copying files to /etc deletes contents of /var and /tmp

[Jon Drews]

On Nov 6, 2007 12:33 AM, Stephen Young <negotive at liquidwire.org> wrote:
> Hello Jon,
>
> I have never seen that happen on any unix platform I have worked on.
> The only thing that comes to mind is perhaps /var and /tmp are not
> mounted when the system restarted.  Those partitions are mentioned in
> the /etc/fstab file right ?

Stephen:

 Yes, /var and /tmp are in the fstab.  It must be that there is some
subtle mechanical defect with the laptop. After my reinstall, the boot
hung and printed out AC97 ... over and over again. I did not remember
the text. The lines were moving too quickly. I switched the laptop off
and rebooted it again and it worked fine. I performed the built in
diagnostic and no errors showed up. Still something could be damaged.
It is an old laptop.

 Thanks for the advice though.

Kind regards,
Jonathan