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 1Oe7c3-0003Eo-Mm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:28:04 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AAB85E08F2; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:27:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-px0-f181.google.com (mail-px0-f181.google.com [209.85.212.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75E9DE08F2 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:27:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi19 with SMTP id 19so1204346pxi.40 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:27:28 -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=eKKXcK4gUHhkpHrWOYQ7eY0QLsJONdEm1dfyXTG8LV8=; b=frfpnQPuxDdx+Mwuj9t18O+a3crWlGU5EMlZtok1+7qiir1rz2HYmGWIkB9GPjNbUY utwDhz+N+ZuEkUUEWiTTOYLbKPV6ZJ4/MXwhV2eqybQER3kFaMci2dZvBct7DMCpy0yU Ucyf3CWDzOF06wkcchv8fDhaFA60AabrjGxCs= 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=mk+PO9vPF9Pru+4l1rjKkHybO95fSNLDP5Sk2gL1/3KlKsjTzVBYH63IPHk+xFyAZi Lu/mTUuIxNQy2JW/oA9wGgcDluwkePv8eUdgJWPZOB1AUsn2w7/iw7hNgIqm/R7oQggf QoMuac7x4y52dda8RhaNPUg1yYeWcmXLTp8HM= Received: by 10.114.106.14 with SMTP id e14mr15329876wac.51.1280327248661; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:27:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.12] ([209.20.133.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n32sm11255931wag.23.2010.07.28.07.27.26 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:27:27 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4C503E4E.3070406@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:27:26 -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> <4C503665.5050007@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: da003705-2491-4eb3-9225-543d2fd07b44 X-Archives-Hash: 6fbb5d7d7398e3887a08d309e2407932 On 07/28/2010 07:04 AM, Mick wrote: > On 28 July 2010 14:53, Bill Longman wrote: >> On 07/28/2010 06:42 AM, Mick wrote: >>> On 28 July 2010 09:50, KH 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.