Re: [gentoo-user] Problems booting my server - ext2 - e2fsck

[Bill Longman <bill.longman@gmail.com>]

On 07/28/2010 07:04 AM, Mick wrote:
> On 28 July 2010 14:53, Bill Longman <bill.longman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 07/28/2010 06:42 AM, Mick wrote:
>>> On 28 July 2010 09:50, KH <gentoo-user@konstantinhansen.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>
>>> KH, if you have changed the kernel to use libATA (i.e. the newer
>>> SATA/PATA options) then you need to update your fstab from /dev/hdaX
>>> to /dev/sdaX and change your grub.conf accordingly.
>>
>> But he doesn't even have those devices, so this will not do him any good
>> until we know how the kernel is configured (or not) and get the devices
>> back.
> 
> I am not sure that he does not have those devices ... I don't know if
> the error message is returned from grub or from the OS.
> 
> It could be that the kernel stanza is wrongly pointing to /dev/hda,
> and, or fstab is not correct.

He says the "pc boots fine now" and he "can use it" and he goes on to
say that he has "no /dev/hd*" or "/dev/sd*" devices, so I have to
believe he's got a running system. Not having any /dev/hd* files would
support the error trying to mount /boot. Trying to fix /etc/fstab first
is not the way to attack his problem given the information we have now.