He probably needs to boot to single user mode and check the filesystem using the xfs_tools. Hopefully he has the xfstools rpm installed (I think it's installed automatically when you create an xfs filesystem). If so, use /usr/bin/xfs_check to check the disk (give it the partition as the argument) and if it finds errors, use /sbin/xfs_repair [partition] to repair the partition. Note that the partition should be unmounted when running xfs_repair. If it can't be for some reason, you might try it mounted read-only, but I'd be VERY CAREFUL about doing that.
Good luck, Tanner On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:33:41 -0500, Brian Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm hoping that someone on the list might have some ideas on how my > buddy can recover his Linux system. To the best of my knowledge he is > running Mandrake 10, but it could be 9.x. His primary OS drive (hda1) > appears to be having recovery problems. > > Below is the message that I received from my buddy. Any suggestions on > what he should try or additional information that would be useful in > diagnosing the problem? > > Thanks > > -Weave > > ----- Forwarded message from /* name removed */ ----- > > > > > What does it mean when you boot up a linux box running Mandrake, it > > appears to take a long time so you press "ESC" on the keyboard to see > > the boot details, and the last 2 lines say...? > > > > XFS mounting filesystem hda1 > > starting XFS recovery on filesystem hda1 (dev:hda1) > > > > What does it mean when it has been there for 9 hours (since about > > 10:30pm Tuesday night)? > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of > the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, > stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
