Chris Arnold wrote:
So if you ran fsck and reported no errors,
>
I did not run fsck, the system runs it everytime the
> system does not shut down correctly. The subject line > says does not boot, what would make you think there > are no errors? >
at this point just exit or ctrl d and that should reboot your server again, and
>> it should come back, >
Umm, done that and the system still does not boot.
>
what is the message you got just above the "please
>> provide root password " message? >
The message above password is only control-d reboots
> the system. Messages above that are too many, that's > why i was asking where to view previous boot messages. > Here are some of the messages (i hope i choose the > right ones):
buffer i/o error on device sda3, logical block 29360568 Gett 11 of those with different block numbers ata1: EH complete Error reading block 3670071 (attempt to read block
> from filesystem resulted in short read) while getting > next inode from scan
fsck failed on at least 1 filesystem Among many other which are too many to read and type
> here, which is why i wanted to know where to view > these error messages so i could copy and paste.
Block errors... Time to replace your disk drive. It's failing. When is the last time you did a backup? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
