corrupt /var/adm

[Petter Stene]

Hi! I'm new to sysop work on ULTRIX and would like some help...
I have a serious problem! We got a MicroVax II running Ultrix-32 
V3.0 (Rev 64) UWS V2.0 System #2.

The disk system is mounted like this:
Filesyste Total    kbytes   kbytes   %
node      kbytes   used     free     used  Mounted on
/dev/ra0a    7407    4973    1694    75%   /
/dev/ra0g  122598   89764   20575    81%   /usr
/dev/ra1b   15743   13889     280    98%   /var
/dev/ra1g   41639   27989    9487    75%   /usr/users

The problem is that the the directory /var/adm is not accessable.
The directory simply can't be read OR written to. That of course
is creating major problems for the system which responds with error
messages on the console.

What will be the easiest way to deal with this problem? Will the read/write
attempt from the system slow down the overall disc performance?
Is this something Digital should take care of?

Please respond using email.

pstene at lise.unit.no
Petter Stene, University of Trondheim, Norway