 | | | Boot lockup | Boot lockup 2006-09-06 - By Dan Hunter
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I have a PC with Fedora Core 5 on it.
I boot from disk 1 ( hda )
hda1 = /boot
hda2 = /
hda3 = swap
I have two additional drives
hdc1 = /mnt/raid
hdc2 = /mnt/raid2
hard drive number 3 crashed.
When the drive crashed, the system rebooted.
Or we lost power, crashing the system, and the drive failed.
Either way, I have a dead drive and a system that refuses to boot without that
drive.
I have a replacement drive, ready to installed.
But I can't get the machine to boot up.
It gives an error when trying to mount /mnt/raid2
I get the option of making changes, but / is a read-only file system.
I can't change fstab.
I tried putting a loading FC5 on a new disk and then mounting the old boot disk.
But every time the PC boots, it winds up with the same mount error.
I specified booting from Primary master, Primary slave, Secondary master,
Secondary slave, normal, and drive C:.
It starts out on the new boot drive and then, some how, winds up on the old
boot drive and errors out.
I tried hitting the "I" during the boot process.
I don't know what to do next.
Any ideas?
Thanks for any help.
Dan Hunter
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a PC with Fedora Core 5 on it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I boot from disk 1 ( hda )</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hda1 = /boot</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hda2 = /</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hda3 = swap</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have two additional drives</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hdc1 = /mnt/raid</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hdc2 = /mnt/raid2</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>hard drive number 3 crashed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When the drive crashed, the system
rebooted.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or we lost power, crashing the system, and the
drive failed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Either way, I have a dead drive and a system that
refuses to boot without that drive.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a replacement drive, ready to
installed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But I can't get the machine to boot
up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It gives an error when trying to mount
/mnt/raid2</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I get the option of making changes, but / is a
read-only file system.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can't change fstab.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tried putting a loading FC5 on a new disk and
then mounting the old boot disk.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But every time the PC boots, it winds up with the
same mount error.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I specified booting from Primary master, Primary
slave, Secondary master, Secondary slave, normal, and drive C:.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It starts out on the new boot drive and then,
some how, winds up on the old boot drive and errors out.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tried hitting the "I" during the boot
process.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know what to do next.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any ideas?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for any help.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dan Hunter</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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