From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Oe6xB-0005jK-8S for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:45:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E335AE0B99; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:45:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pw0-f53.google.com (mail-pw0-f53.google.com [209.85.160.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD7C9E0B99 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:45:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj4 with SMTP id 4so1154241pwj.40 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:45:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=vauBrodthxHyO5hbZTyGp4s+klsRTQGbNfsIDOFY2RA=; b=iJ2IlYJ3EX6sR1HKELlx7jJliTPEZJRwJinaKX6lju3yXGCMmHliRPEtOSlliRivRn D9GESDKiHeyAHXtticMWUS0yIKxYElLlhkSFZi0ZxgQbdU6zaLe9RVcsV4ACAN5LcadH 8dUAirgXbgLPLzOg0k0OkBB0acYbjhOe+hnLs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=vG2D+FGujDsdDkwX9AnWeyHcZ67ND4tWWMyklpueEk78eBYWtKLNrTm395o9wp+NfJ ICAuIdg05/XZsPS2nZvEGthcvgTP+Tdmfz6pmfrBskOch2fbpRSmwAewTXYselqU14Rb qeBDEPKEmzVjhZXqPynMXVWT1vq//+KncOeJ8= Received: by 10.114.131.2 with SMTP id e2mr15360304wad.43.1280324727895; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:45:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.12] ([209.20.133.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x9sm11187523waj.15.2010.07.28.06.45.26 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:45:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4C50346E.9040507@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:45:18 -0700 From: Bill Longman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.7) Gecko/20100727 Thunderbird/3.1.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems booting my server - ext2 - e2fsck References: <4C4B45B2.4000508@konstantinhansen.de> <201007250949.17739.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <4C4BF359.4020404@gmail.com> <201007251457.24446.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4C4FEF52.4060702@konstantinhansen.de> In-Reply-To: <4C4FEF52.4060702@konstantinhansen.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 64cc631b-60ea-4445-b1df-5ab1fc86f222 X-Archives-Hash: 1df14d936d2db6ce2ec6d64ae2b2131c On 07/28/2010 01:50 AM, KH wrote: > Am 25.07.2010 15:57, schrieb Mick: >> On Sunday 25 July 2010 09:18:33 Dale wrote: >>> Alan McKinnon wrote: >>>> On Sunday 25 July 2010 06:57:43 KH wrote: >>>>>> You said you ran e2fsck and it was OK. What was the command? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Normally with an e2fsck on a journalled fs, the app will replay the >>>>>> journal and make a few minor checks. This takes about 4 seconds, not >>>>>> the 40 minutes it takes to do a ful ext2 check. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I think you might need to fsck without the journal. I know there's a >>>>>> way to do this but a cursory glance at the man page didn't reveal it. >>>>>> Maybe an ext user will chip in with the correct method >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I ran on the two partitions e2fsck /dev/sde3 as well as fsck.ext3 >>>>> /dev/sde3 . Yes, it only took some seconds. >>>> >>>> It's been a long time since I used ext3 so some of this might be wrong. >>>> >>>> An fsck that takes a few seconds is using the journal, which might not >>>> uncover deeper corruption. You should try disabling the journal (I >>>> couldn't find the way to do that though), but this will also work: >>>> >>>> Boot of a LiveCD, mount your root partition somewhere using type "ext2" >>>> and fsck it. This will invalidate the journal but that's OK, it gets >>>> recreated on the next proper boot. Let the fsck finish - it will take a >>>> while on a large fs. >>>> >>>> When done, reboot as normal and see if the machine boots up properly. >>> >>> And I would stand guard to make sure housekeeping doesn't come around. >>> ;-) Cutting power during all this wold not be good. >> >> KH, I think that this may not be related to a fs error as such. >> >> Yes, pulling the plug may have caused fs corruption. However, more likely is >> that pulling the plug did not allow you to do something that you should have >> done after you finished upgrading to grub-0.97-r9. The latest installation of >> grub asks you to reinstall in the MBR and point its root to wherever your >> /boot is. GRUB's fs and its drivers may have changed and therefore the old >> boot loader code is looking for files that no longer exist. >> >> So you'll probably be alright again if you boot with a fresh systemrescue >> LiveCD and run grub and then root (hd....) and setup (hd0) before you quit and >> reboot. >> >> If that doesn't work then you most likely have a fs problem. >> >> HTH. > > Hi, > > I installed grub by connecting the hdd to my workstation. This did not > change anything. > Also I changed /etc/fstab . Now I have 0 0 for every partition. The pc > boots fine now. I can use it but ... There is no /dev/hd* . Running > mount /boot I get the answer /dev/hda1 does not exist. Also there is no > /dev/sd* > > Any ideas? Konstantin, please post what your kernel has for IDE support. If you have /proc/config.gz, then please post the results from "zgrep IDE /proc/config.gz" so we can get an idea of why you have no /dev/hd* devices. We will also need to know what kind of disk controller your server really has. Are they IDE or SATA controllers?