No, I did not. On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 18:36, Adam Williams wrote: > in rescue mode did you do e2fsck -c -y /dev/sdx# > > Christopher Welton wrote: > > >I run a RH 7.3 installation on a Compaq Proliant 6500 with dual pentium > >266Mhz processors, approx. 630MB ram and a hardware SMART-2DH RAID > >controller and array. All file systems are ext3. > > > >The server has been in service for a couple of years now. From time to > >time we will lose power in our office or have another situtation that > >causes the server to lose power without a proper shutdown. We had such a > >situation today. > > > >Usually the server reboots to runlevel 5 without a problem. However, > >today the server rebooted to the point in the boot process just after > >mounting the root filesystem. It then stalls indefinitely and does not > >continue to boot. > > > >I used a recovery CD to boot into a rescue shell. Once there I > >successfully mounted all the partitions on all drives and examined the > >files successfully, so the data, filesystem and hardware all look good. > >The filesystems were mounted ext2, not ext3. > > > >At this point, my suspicions are that some portion of the kernel > >required for booting was damaged during the power-loss shutdown or that > >the ext3 journal was damaged in such a way as to block booting. > > > >I need suggestions on possible causes of the problem and, better yet, > >possible solutions. > > > >I'm cross-posting this message on the RH 7.3 list. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
