Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot [SOLVED]
Than's a lot everybody who answered my help request. You just give me a way to search finding a solution. I noticed that the on the disk the boot sector was there and permit booting but the system failed because was'nt able to find /etc/inittab. That let me think that perhaps it was ok on the rest of the surface. I found a Windows software (sorry) named 'Neucleus Kernel Linux' by http://www.nucleustechnologies.com/ With it I was able to scan the surface of the disk and recover all my lost files. --- Michel Donais ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot
Subject: Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot On Sat, 2011-09-03 at 22:44 -0400, Michel Donais wrote: Then instead of a normal boot with graphical interface the system requested : 'Enter run level' 'INIT' I typed 5 then I got 'INIT: no more process left in this run level Try 3. If that does not work try 1 and see if the machine will start. I also tried 1 and 3 It's whorst than expected. I booted the system with a Centos 5.6 boot disc in rescue mode and when it's time to search for linux partition on the system hard disk I get a message telling that there is no partition on that disk. So what's next to recover --- Michel Donais ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot
I hope you have good backups, print the partition table and reload the OS in the box...check the logs maybe someone hack your box and changed things around. Alternatevely, you can always try installing X window system from init 3, try doing a yum grouremove X Window System Desktop -y yum groupinstall X Window System Desktop -y Let us know how it goes. --Original Message-- From: Michel Donais Sender: centos-boun...@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot Sent: Sep 4, 2011 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot On Sat, 2011-09-03 at 22:44 -0400, Michel Donais wrote: Then instead of a normal boot with graphical interface the system requested : 'Enter run level' 'INIT' I typed 5 then I got 'INIT: no more process left in this run level Try 3. If that does not work try 1 and see if the machine will start. I also tried 1 and 3 It's whorst than expected. I booted the system with a Centos 5.6 boot disc in rescue mode and when it's time to search for linux partition on the system hard disk I get a message telling that there is no partition on that disk. So what's next to recover --- Michel Donais ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot
On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 09:29 -0400, Michel Donais wrote: It's whorst than expected. I booted the system with a Centos 5.6 boot disc in rescue mode and when it's time to search for linux partition on the system hard disk I get a message telling that there is no partition on that disk. So what's next to recover I would download Parted Magic from http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=downloads Copy it to a CD. Boot from that CD. It runs in RAM. After setting the screen size form an icon on the left side, run GPARTED which will give you a clearer understanding of your hard disk drive. Good Luck, Paul. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot
Certainly that's a good idea. --Original Message-- From: Always Learning Sender: centos-boun...@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot Sent: Sep 4, 2011 11:23 AM On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 09:29 -0400, Michel Donais wrote: It's whorst than expected. I booted the system with a Centos 5.6 boot disc in rescue mode and when it's time to search for linux partition on the system hard disk I get a message telling that there is no partition on that disk. So what's next to recover I would download Parted Magic from http://partedmagic.com/doku.php?id=downloads Copy it to a CD. Boot from that CD. It runs in RAM. After setting the screen size form an icon on the left side, run GPARTED which will give you a clearer understanding of your hard disk drive. Good Luck, Paul. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot
Michel Donais donais@... writes: I restarted the a Centos 5.6 server tonight and I ran in this issue: I was able to boot. Then instead of a normal boot with graphical interface the system requested : 'Enter run level' 'INIT' I typed 5 then I got 'INIT: no more process left in this run level How can I recover from the situation? A tad late but you can try running smartctl -H /dev/sdX or smartctl -a /dev/sdX where /dev/sdX is your boot disk. Chances are that it will only tell you what you already know: the drive is dying. I've had good luck with smartd telling me when a disk is starting to fail. Partition tables don't just disappear on healthy hard drives. Cheers, Dave ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot
On Sat, 2011-09-03 at 22:44 -0400, Michel Donais wrote: Then instead of a normal boot with graphical interface the system requested : 'Enter run level' 'INIT' I typed 5 then I got 'INIT: no more process left in this run level Try 3. If that does not work try 1 and see if the machine will start. Paul. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot
Try looking at your inittab under /etc Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Michel Donais don...@telupton.com Sender: centos-boun...@centos.org Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 22:44:38 To: CentOS mailing listcentos@centos.org Reply-To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] big problem at boot ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot
See if you can boot into single user and try to init 3 from there...let us know what happen. --Original Message-- From: Always Learning Sender: centos-boun...@centos.org To: CentOS mailing list ReplyTo: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot Sent: Sep 3, 2011 10:47 PM On Sat, 2011-09-03 at 22:44 -0400, Michel Donais wrote: Then instead of a normal boot with graphical interface the system requested : 'Enter run level' 'INIT' I typed 5 then I got 'INIT: no more process left in this run level Try 3. If that does not work try 1 and see if the machine will start. Paul. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot
On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 03:01 +, Lisandro Grullon wrote: Try looking at your inittab under /etc This is my /etc/inittab on Centos 5.6 X64 # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are: # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # 1 - Single user mode # 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking) # 3 - Full multiuser mode # 4 - unused # 5 - X11 # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # id:5:initdefault: # System initialization. si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit l0:0:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 0 l1:1:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 1 l2:2:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 2 l3:3:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 3 l4:4:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 4 l5:5:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 5 l6:6:wait:/etc/rc.d/rc 6 # Trap CTRL-ALT-DELETE ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now # When our UPS tells us power has failed, assume we have a few minutes # of power left. Schedule a shutdown for 2 minutes from now. # This does, of course, assume you have powerd installed and your # UPS connected and working correctly. pf::powerfail:/sbin/shutdown -f -h +2 Power Failure; System Shutting Down # If power was restored before the shutdown kicked in, cancel it. pr:12345:powerokwait:/sbin/shutdown -c Power Restored; Shutdown Cancelled # Run gettys in standard runlevels 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1 2:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty2 3:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty3 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5 6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6 # Run xdm in runlevel 5 x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon Hope this helps, Paul. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
