Well - interesting. Thanks to these replies, I learned to use "linux single" at that boot: prompt That got me in a shell, along with this error: The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesytem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 <device> fsck.ext3: Filesystem revision too high while trying to open /dev/hda2 eek, I say. so I said oh alright and entered: e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hda2 and got the same superblock error so I referred to Jan's email and typed: fsck /dev/hda2 and got the same superblock error so I said hmm and tried: fsck /dev/hda and got a similar superblock error only it mentioned ext2 - odd? and that's where I'm stuck currently - worried that I've got a hardware malfunction :) here's the caveat: last night before hearing back from anyone, I, in my grand wise impatience, booted with the red hat cd and entered the rescue mode. there, per instructions I found in an archived email, I attempted to mount hda2 and it said the device doesn't exist. eek. so then, in my GRAND GRAND wise impatience, I decided to let Red Hat CD install a new OS, while keeping all partitions and just using free space. during this install process, I got error messages while reading hda - i hobbled through the process, let it reboot, and came out with the same kernel panic, which led me to believe I was having a harddisk screw up. then I went to bed and got up and tried the above. Aaron will be backing up more often from this day forward. :) ideas? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Depner" <eviltwin69@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "A list for linux audio users" <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 3:34 AM Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Ardour Crash + can't boot > 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! 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