On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 09:34:25PM -0400, Ben M. wrote: > I had a CentOS 5.5 Xen "standard virtualization" install lockup on > reboot after an battery backup (apcusbd) orderly shutdown induced by a > power outage. It may have been sitting with two kernel updates without a > reboot. > > I have to head to the site (with a fractured ankle), but reports > indicate that it is at > > - (none) login: > > which only returns back to itself after a user login at console, > including root. > > - the local user says, though the monitor speed was "too fast" that it > is failing to find its mounts OR that the disk reported errors. > > It is on a dmraid (I know, please don't flame me). > > There is some critical information on the drives that did NOT backup. > > I need a list of tools and ideas to have a checklist to try and > resurrect this machine. > > Of course I will go with > - Live CD > - CentOS 5.5 install. > - Hard drives. > > I would appreciate any procedural methods to go about this and try to > resurrect this machine. > Hmm.. boot log would be good, then it'd be obvious what's wrong. Try using a serial console to capture the Xen/kernel messages? http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenSerialConsole Other than that.. did you check redhat bugzilla if there's some dmraid related regression on 5.5 ? Or maybe some other regression.. -- Pasi _______________________________________________ CentOS-virt mailing list CentOS-virt@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-virt
