On Jan 28, 2009, at 1:12 PM, "Howard White" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Somebody help me explain this -- while I still have HAIR!!
>
> I am building a new server to replace an existing file/print/web/db
> server. New machine is Ubuntu server 8.0.4.1 just updated against the
Ubuntu as a server is the first prob... Just kiding :)
>
> mirror. Op sys resides /dev/sda and I have a software raid /dev/md0
> which is one big file system. Box standard, nothing fancy (it is ME
> we
> are talking about here).
>
> Time to put new system in place of old system; old system off-line
> lights out. Booted system, no problems. Edited /etc/network/
> interfaces
> to set the IP. Edited /etch/hostname. Reboot system - file system
> check on /dev/md0 does not find a valid ext2 file system. WTF??
>
Is this an Lvm volume ?
Is it encrypted?
> Fuck up number one - changed two things at once. Reverted both
> changes
> to original settings (a ~...@#$% address and a hostname for crying out
> loud). System boots normal.
>
What kind of drive/volume are you using... Almost all my servers are
ubuntu and I've not come. Across md0
> Changed hostname only; rebooted system - file system check fails,
> /dev/md0 does not mount. Once logged in, sudo bitches that it can't
> match hostname but eventually lets me in.
>
> Changed IP address only; rebooted system - file system check passes,
> /dev/md0 mounted fine.
>
> Okay buckaroo, where ELSE is hostname imbedded that I gotta ~...@#$%
> with
> if I want a "seamless" replacement. Note I said seamless and not
> "painless."
>
Sound like a bad install or drive
> grrrrrr.
>
> Howard White
>
Andrew McElroy
> >
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