----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [SLUG] b0rked system
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jan Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] b0rked system > > > <quote who="Rob B"> > > > > > I then ran tune2fs -j /dev/sda1 through 4 to add the journal, and > changed > > > /etc/fstab to make the drives mount ext3 at boot. Before rebooting, I > > > re-made the kernel package with some network settings I had forgotten > > > (didn't remove any config)and installed it, and rebooted - following the > > > default questions re lilo all the way. Now the drives aren't being > mounted > > > at all. I can boot into tomsrtbt rescue disk and mount the drive fine > to do > > > an fsck on it, but once I boot back into Debian the problem remains. > > > > Well, it sounds like your new kernel can't mount ext3 drives, or is it > that > > you've left out SCSI support? > > I thought so as well, but both the controller and the disks are detected. I > also checked the .config file and both the correct SCSI devices and ext3 are > included in it. > > > First I would try booting from the emergency disk, mount the root > partition > > and modify /etc/fstab back to ext2 again. ext3 partitions are backwards > > compatible and will load as ext2. > > > > If that doesn't work, I would next try using the emergency disk to boot > the > > root system you already have by giving the lilo prompt on the emergency > disk > > a boot command like: > > > > boot> linux root=/dev/sda1 > > Since my emergency disk decided to cark it, I tried booting from the Deb > rescue disk, this worked OK, but hammered me with module dependency problems > due to it being kernel 2.2.20, and I have no 2.2.20 modules.dep file. I > will try again with the rescue disk from the bf2.4 directory tonight. Booted successfully with the bf2.4 rescue disk and was able to repair lilo. I think, (not sure yet) that the issue was caused by the inclusion of the devfs filesystem, and not reading the docs :) I have removed devfs (not game enough to try it ... dunno why I put it in there) I'm recompiling now and will check it out later. Cheers, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
