Exactly the same problem here. After Ubuntu 10.04 crashed I tried, using a 10.10 live CD, run a "fsck -y" and received the following message:
ubu...@ubuntu:~$ LANG=en sudo fsck -y /dev/sda10 fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2 fsck.ext4: Device or resource busy while trying to open /dev/sda10 Filesystem mounted or opened exclusively by another program? Even the FS is not mounted as you can see: ubu...@ubuntu:~$ mount aufs on / type aufs (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) none on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620) /dev/sr0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noatime) /dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime) none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755) none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/ubuntu/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ubuntu) ubu...@ubuntu:~$ The disk partition table is: ubu...@ubuntu:~$ LANG=en sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x31883188 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 650 5221093+ b W95 FAT32 /dev/sda2 651 9729 72927067+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 651 663 104391 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda6 664 676 104391 83 Linux /dev/sda7 677 689 104391 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda8 690 754 522081 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda9 755 3941 25599546 83 Linux /dev/sda10 3942 7128 25599546 83 Linux /dev/sda11 7129 9729 20892501 83 Linux ubu...@ubuntu:~$ If I run fsck in ext3 partitions everything goes ok: ubu...@ubuntu:~$ LANG=en sudo fsck -a /dev/sda11 fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2 /dev/sda11: clean, 217060/2616320 files, 3828007/5223125 blocks ubu...@ubuntu:~$ -- Device or resource busy while trying to open https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/656526 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
