Obviously a backup is in order, if Knoppix will boot the RAID array, that would be a good start.
Do you have GRUB options to try an older kernel? Manual updates are no guaranty against installing but not booting a new kernel. I have a few boxes that will not run 8.04. They are going away. Dapper 6.06.2 might be an interim solution. It has some continuing support. On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Jason Joines <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim Tarvid wrote: > > I suspect a kernel upgrade and a PAE problem. The kernel upgrade was > pending > > a restart. Usually not a problem unless using the "server" kernel (or > more > > than 3GB RAM). > > > > Your distro is out of date and a dist-upgrade is not "automatic" any > more. A > > non-server (alternate) Dapper LTS would probably be best fit. > > > > Unless your labor is cheap and your wallet is thin, I'd recommend a > hardware > > upgrade. $100 P4 servers abound on the surplus market. > > > > Jim > > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:06 AM, marius adrian popa <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Jason Joines <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> I have a dell 2550 with Ubuntu 7.10. The data center where it is > >>> located had to move it so I powered down. The move just involved > >>> spinning the rack around and moving it back a few feet, then it was > >>> plugged back into the same switch port etc. > >>> > >>> When I powered it back up, I couldn't connect to it via SSH but > >>> could ping it. I logged into the console and ssh wasn't running, and > >>> gave the message "bus error" when I tried to start it. The same thing > >>> happened for apache2, bacula and postfix. I also got the "bus error" > >>> message when I tried to use the host command and when I tried to use > the > >>> ssh client. > >> could you give more details about the error ? > >> bus error and some more info > >> maybe start sshd in debug mode > >>> There doesn't seem to be any errors in the logs or dmesg output. > >>> Any ideas? > >>> > >>> > >>> Jason Joines > >>> ================================= > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ubuntu-server mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > >>> More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > >>> > >> -- > >> ubuntu-server mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > >> More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > > > > I hadn't considered that but it seems unlikely as I only ran > updates manually. Also, it wasn't running the server kernel. I > remember that when I couldn't install 7.10 with the server kernel. > > I realize 7.10 is past end of life. I'd like to upgrade to 8.04 > but has an issue with the raid controller on these boxes (there's a > thread about that on this list too). I have several of them I need to > keep using for a while so I'm going to have to pick a different > distribution but haven't decided on one yet. > > In the meantime, I can occasionally spare labor and rarely dollars > so I need to try and fix this. > > > Jason > =========== > > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam > -- http://ls.net http://drupal.ls.net
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