Re: Redhat6.1 crashed

[Hong F Du]

I greatly appreciate your detail instructions. My bootdisk doesn't have root directory on it, I think. It automatically went to /dev/hda10 and mounted root. It passed the clean check for /dev/hda10. It prompted Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode [OK] too. Then it tried to do next step and stop there. I also tried to use "rescue" option when booting from bootdisk. It asked me for a root disk which I don't have and I am stuck again. Am I dead here? : ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Are you booting the kernel from the bootdisk but using the root as > /dev/hda10?? I am talking about booting using the bootdisk both > kernel and root directory. Do not supply /dev/hda10 as your root > directory to be used, just boot normally as though you have no prior > Linux setup at all. Should boot you using ramdisk (I am not sure, I > have never installed RedHat distro before...) > > Then when it boots up, mount your /dev/hda10 to its mount point > (usually /mnt but anything is ok) then go into rc.d and try to clean > up (meaning comment out ANY process or applications that you do not > need to boot up the system - gpm, X, etc...) maybe even getting rid of > modprobe line may help too in case any of your modules are corrupted. > Of course this should be done AFTER you do the file system check in > /dev/hda10.. > > Then, try to reboot normally to your system. Then, first thing I > would do is to recompile the kernel, to make sure all my modules are > not corrupted, then uncomment 1 application at a time from your init > script. If you can uncomment all the lines without any problem, then > it was corrupted modules, if one of them hangs your system, then you > know which prog is bad, so you can boot with your boot disk again, and > reinstall the package. > > Good luck!!!! > > ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ > Subject: Re: Redhat6.1 crashed > Author: "Hong F Du" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at INTERNET-MAIL > Date: 7/21/00 12:20 PM > > The only Redhat bootdisk that I have is the one created when I first time instal > d > Redhat. Is the one you are saying? I tried that one already, it stopped booting > on the same step while booting. How do I mount /dev/hda10? I cannot see any file > un r > the original linux system, how do I clean up my rc.d? What else can I do? > Help........please. > > feng > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Use your RedHat bootdisk with kernels AND file system on them then > > mount your /dev/hda10 (did I see that right? 10??) into a mounting > > point (I do not remember whether you need to mount in order to do file > > system check, you may not need to) and maybe clean up your rc.d to > > boot. Run minimum amount of devices as you need (hdparm, gpm, etc..) > > and if you run X, just make it not to start X and then try rebooting > > the system.. Always, backup backup backup!!.. :) > > > > Good luck!!!! > > > > > > ______________________________ Reply Separator > _________________________________ > Subject: Redhat6.1 crashed > > Author: "Hong F Du" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at INTERNET-MAIL > > Date: 7/21/00 10:45 AM > > > > Hi All, > > > > I was working my problem of "cannot change permission on mountable > > drive" (see previous mails), and accidentally killing a process. > > > > When I reboot, the boot processing went through checking root file > > system, /dev/hda10 clean check, setting up ISA PNP devices, and after > > Remounting root file system in read-write mode it stopped there and > > couldn't go further. I used a floppy to boot. It did the same things and > > stopped there. > > > > I don't know what to do to rescue my system. I cannot any file under > > linux file system to go the log files. Please tell me what to do. Any > > suggestion will greatly appreciated. > > > > feng > >