I copied back to the list. On Wed, 20 May 2015 19:37:18 +0300 Angelo Moreschini <mrangelo.fedora@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I tried still fsck, this time using System CD Rescue .... > > After I get the prompt from the terminal (inside the System CD Rescue > environment) > > I tried this: /dev/sd*.. > and I got > /devsda /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 > > After I asked for mounted devices and no one of the devices /dev/sda* > was listed there.. > > As well this answer, I yet unmounted /dev/sda2 (for security): > ------------ > # umount /dev/sda2 > umount : /dev/sda2 : not mounted > ------------ > > Finally I tried e2sfck : > ------------ > # e2fsck /dev/sda2 > > */dev/sda2 is in use .* > *e2fsck Cannot continue, aborting.* > ------------ > > What this means ? > > > With my little experience I think that System CD Rescue load an image > of the kernel in the RAM (/proc directory ??) > and because this we can use Linux commands also when the filesystem > is NOT mounted. > > In this way we are able to explore the hardware environment of the > computer... > > I cannot understand what is the reason of the message : > ------------ > > */dev/sda2 is in use .e2fsck Cannot continue, aborting.* > ------------ > * when /dev/sda2 is unmounted..* > > > Can I have an explication ?? My understanding is like yours. Basically, you are running a live CD, completely independent of the installed system. What does cat /etc/mtab show? If /dev/sda2 is being held by some process in the rescue OS that is accessing it, it should show up as an active partition in the mtab. What happens if you do umount /mnt/sysimage ? Does the cat /etc/mtab command show anything different? Do you have more than one disk? Is it possible that the rescue CD is ordering them differently than you think, and what it is calling /dev/sda is actually /dev/sdb? Better to use block IDs to identify disks these days. The command /sbin/blkid will show them to you. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
