No prob- hope that works! :D Good luck- Chet On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Jason Brown <ninjazjb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ok, didn't think about that sorry. > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Chet Nichols III > <chet.nichols@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > I know services dont run in maintenance mode, and that's why I'm asking. > My > > thought was, without the md driver loaded, the OS isn't going to be able > to > > understand how to work with /dev/md0, so you may need to load the driver > > first before fsck will be able to read the device. > > > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Jason Brown <ninjazjb@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > > I believe its LVM over RAID, but I will have to look and get back with > > you. > > > When I created the RAID array, I assigned all the disks the software > RAID > > > and then created the RAID 5 during the installation. I did not go > > through > > > and split the partitions afterwards. > > > > > > When I run fsck I get this error... > > > > > > fsck.ext3: Invalid argument while trying to open /dev/md0 > > > /dev/md0: > > > The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 > > > filesystem. 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 alternative > > > superblock: > > > e2fsck -b 8193 <device> > > > > > > I then try e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/md0 and get the same error message. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Jason Brown <ninjazjb@xxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >I don't use software RAID, but I would probably want to do this in > > > rescue > > > > mode off of disc 1. What RAID level are you using? > > > > 5. > > > > > > > > > > > > >I know this is a silly question, but is the md driver loaded and are > > the > > > > md > > > > services running? > > > > > > > > Services are not loaded when in maintenance mode. The server does > not > > > even > > > > mount the file systems because you cannot run FSCK on a mounted > device. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Chet Nichols III < > > > chet.nichols@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > > > > > > >> I know this is a silly question, but is the md driver loaded and are > > the > > > >> md > > > >> services running? > > > >> Chet > > > >> > > > >> On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Barry Brimer <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > I don't use software RAID, but I would probably want to do this in > > > >> rescue > > > >> > mode off of disc 1. What RAID level are you using? > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Jason Brown wrote: > > > >> > > > > >> > When I tried booting it into single user mode the server would > > still > > > go > > > >> to > > > >> >> maintenance mode. I was able to get at it another way by > passing > > > >> >> "init=/bin/bash" which got me to a command prompt. Then > remounted > > > the > > > >> >> drive > > > >> >> with rw since it was in ro mode, and then changed the password. > > Now > > > I > > > >> >> have > > > >> >> it in maintenance mode again, I just need to figure out how to do > > an > > > >> fsck > > > >> >> on > > > >> >> a raid system. When I try fsck /dev/md0 I got a bad super block > > > error > > > >> and > > > >> >> to run e2fsck -b 8192 which gives me the same error message. > > > >> >> Any ideas would be appreciated. > > > >> >> Thanks. > > > >> >> > > > >> >> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Barry Brimer <lists@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > > >> wrote: > > > >> >> > > > >> >> My file server locked up and I had to reboot it, when it came up > > its > > > >> >>> stuck > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>>> in the FSCK maintenance. Is there a way that I can run this > > > without > > > >> a > > > >> >>>> root > > > >> >>>> password or reset the password? The file system is an ext3 in > a > > > raid > > > >> 5 > > > >> >>>> configuration. > > > >> >>>> > > > >> >>>> > > > >> >>> I would be very cautious about interrupting an fsck. If you > > reboot > > > >> your > > > >> >>> machine and press a key to bring up the grub menu, then type 'e' > > to > > > >> edit > > > >> >>> that kernel entry, move to the kernel line, hit 'a' to append .. > > > place > > > >> an > > > >> >>> 's' at the end of the line and hit enter and then 'b' to boot > you > > > will > > > >> >>> boot > > > >> >>> without the root password into single user mode. > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>> Barry > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>> -- > > > >> >>> redhat-list mailing list > > > >> >>> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx > > > ?subject=unsubscribe > > > >> >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > >> >>> > > > >> >>> -- > > > >> >> redhat-list mailing list > > > >> >> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx > > > ?subject=unsubscribe > > > >> >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > >> >> > > > >> >> !DSPAM:48f32bb0112171984720347! > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >> > -- > > > >> > redhat-list mailing list > > > >> > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx > > ?subject=unsubscribe > > > >> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> ---------------------------------------- > > > >> chet nichols III > > > >> chet.nichols@xxxxxxxxx > > > >> aim: chet / twitter: chet > > > >> http://chetnichols.org > > > >> ---------------------------------------- > > > >> -- > > > >> redhat-list mailing list > > > >> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx > ?subject=unsubscribe > > > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > redhat-list mailing list > > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------- > > chet nichols III > > chet.nichols@xxxxxxxxx > > aim: chet / twitter: chet > > http://chetnichols.org > > ---------------------------------------- > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- ---------------------------------------- chet nichols III chet.nichols@xxxxxxxxx aim: chet / twitter: chet http://chetnichols.org ---------------------------------------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
