If you boot in single user mode you should only get that if you're trying to fsck the root partition. AFAIK you kinda have to ignore it in that case. I don't know what recourse you have in the case of a hosed root partition. I've never had a problem with fsck'ing the root partition though (that covers about 16 years of UNIX sysadmin (and 11 of Linux)). Of course, it could blow up on me the next time I have to do it ;-) Man, you're up early today Ron. Jan On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 05:22, R Parker wrote: > Jan, > > Do you ignore the warning that running fsck on a > mounted partition can cause serious damage? I used to > ignore it and never had a problem but as my collection > of valuable material grows I become more paranoid. I > imagine Aaron will see that message. > > ron > > --- Jan Depner <eviltwin69@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Aaron, > > > > Sounds strange. If you are using LILO to boot > > press <Ctrl>-x at the > > splash screen and then enter "linux single" at the > > boot: prompt to boot > > into single user mode. If you are using GRUB you > > can press "e" when the > > GRUB splash screen comes up. Highlight your normal > > boot line with the > > arrow keys, press "e" again, add " single" to the > > end of the boot line, > > press Enter, press "b". This will boot you into > > single user mode. At > > that point you can look around your system and see > > if anything is > > amiss. Many times just getting it to boot into > > single user mode and > > then doing a clean reboot will clear up any problems > > you have. If > > you're getting a message about having to manually > > fix a disk partition > > you can manually fsck a disk partition by entering > > "fsck > > /dev/hdWHATEVER". Usually I just agree to let it > > fix whatever is wrong > > at that point since anything more involved is > > "magic". Good luck. > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2004-04-24 at 04:57, Aaron Trumm wrote: > > > reposting this cuz I ALWAYS forget to make the > > messages plain text from my > > > windows machine: > > > > > > Hello all - this has actually become a general > > problem, but I think it was > > > caused by Ardour, so I'm cross posting on linux > > audio and the ardour lists > > > > > > I'm running Red Hat and the latest ardour from > > Planet CCRMA which I think is > > > 0.9beta11.2-1 - I was recording a take, and upon > > pushing stop Ardour > > > crashed - a similar has happened many times with > > this version, actually > > > pretty much every time - after the take, it gives > > me a memory error, I click > > > ok, ardour exits, I go back, but it kept the take. > > > > > > but this time, it crashed without that, i started > > ardour again, the take > > > WASN'T there, and then ardour either froze or > > crashed I can't remember which > > > cuz I was in session so it was hectic, and I > > needed to reboot manually and > > > so I did, and now, though, it won't boot - it > > hangs and says "kernel panic. > > > no init found. try passing the init= option" > > > > > > I can provide more details if needed - I think the > > kernel is also the latest > > > planet kernel - but from what I've been able to > > find I don't think it > > > matters. > > > > > > so I grabbed my emergency boot disk, or what I > > think is my emergency boot > > > disk, because I have never used it, and reset, and > > I get what I'm sure is a > > > familiar prompt to most, the 'ol > > > > > > boot: > > > > > > and it's telling me to hit return or wait ten > > seconds to boot from /dev/hda2 > > > (hmmm - is that where the boot loader really is on > > my system? not sure) - > > > and that I can "type "linux <params>", and press > > <return> if I want to > > > override the defaults > > > > > > now I know nothing about these params and I'm more > > familiar with a dos boot > > > disk where i shove that thing in and reboot and > > I'm looking at a dos prompt > > > even if my harddrive is totally wanked. > > > > > > what I've read has told me to boot up and edit > > some files - fstab maybe? > > > but uh - *blush* - how can I get to a danged > > prompt? > > > > > > > > > for the ardour list: does this sound familiar, is > > this version of ardour > > > known to do this kind of thing? > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25? > http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash
