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GS
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 Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: RH 9 not starting, what can I do? |
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I have RH9 loaded on a box with two disks, what I think is happening is
it can't read one disk while it is booting and I get an endless cycle of
error messages while its trying to boot. I can get to the grub menu ok,
but immediatly after I get a slew of errors such as "EXT3-fs error
(device ide0(3,2)): ext3_get_inode_loc:unable to read inode block" and
then another slew of "INIT: Id "1" respawning to fast: disabled for 5
minutes"
Is there a way to fix this, the command line from grub is limited, and
I'm not sure what to do from there in any case. Not sure if I can find
the install cd, but can I somehow start this system without it so I can
see what the problem is?
thanks in advance.. |
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Allen Kistler
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: RH 9 not starting, what can I do? |
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GS wrote:
| Quote: | I have RH9 loaded on a box with two disks, what I think is happening is
it can't read one disk while it is booting and I get an endless cycle of
error messages while its trying to boot. I can get to the grub menu ok,
but immediatly after I get a slew of errors such as "EXT3-fs error
(device ide0(3,2)): ext3_get_inode_loc:unable to read inode block" and
then another slew of "INIT: Id "1" respawning to fast: disabled for 5
minutes"
Is there a way to fix this, the command line from grub is limited, and
I'm not sure what to do from there in any case. Not sure if I can find
the install cd, but can I somehow start this system without it so I can
see what the problem is?
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RH9 or F9? RH9 is old, but you may still be able to find the CD images
somewhere online, although you can use a Knoppix CD and probably any
later Fedora media to boot to CD for limited maintenance.
A place to start is just boot to a CD without mounting the HD file
systems and run fsck on all the file systems. If something on them is
just too trashed, you may not be able to boot to them, but do the fsck
and see what you find out. |
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noi ance
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:25 am Post subject: Re: RH 9 not starting, what can I do? |
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On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:55:09 -0500, Allen Kistler typed this message:
| Quote: | GS wrote:
I have RH9 loaded on a box with two disks, what I think is happening is
it can't read one disk while it is booting and I get an endless cycle
of error messages while its trying to boot. I can get to the grub menu
ok, but immediatly after I get a slew of errors such as "EXT3-fs error
(device ide0(3,2)): ext3_get_inode_loc:unable to read inode block" and
then another slew of "INIT: Id "1" respawning to fast: disabled for 5
minutes"
Is there a way to fix this, the command line from grub is limited, and
I'm not sure what to do from there in any case. Not sure if I can find
the install cd, but can I somehow start this system without it so I can
see what the problem is?
RH9 or F9? RH9 is old, but you may still be able to find the CD images
somewhere online, although you can use a Knoppix CD and probably any
later Fedora media to boot to CD for limited maintenance.
A place to start is just boot to a CD without mounting the HD file
systems and run fsck on all the file systems. If something on them is
just too trashed, you may not be able to boot to them, but do the fsck
and see what you find out.
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Yes I agree the best place to start is to use the 1st RH9 install CD and
boot rescue mode. Once booted the / partition is mounted at use fsck on
the disk partitions.
OTOH, I think you should check your psu. I've had that error before but
I can't remember the exact fix. However, fsck on the partitions is
mandatory. |
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1PW
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| Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:04 am Post subject: Re: RH 9 not starting, what can I do? |
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On 09/09/2008 10:37 AM, GS sent:
| Quote: | I have RH9 loaded on a box with two disks, what I think is happening is
it can't read one disk while it is booting and I get an endless cycle of
error messages while its trying to boot. I can get to the grub menu ok,
but immediatly after I get a slew of errors such as "EXT3-fs error
(device ide0(3,2)): ext3_get_inode_loc:unable to read inode block" and
then another slew of "INIT: Id "1" respawning to fast: disabled for 5
minutes"
Is there a way to fix this, the command line from grub is limited, and
I'm not sure what to do from there in any case. Not sure if I can find
the install cd, but can I somehow start this system without it so I can
see what the problem is?
thanks in advance..
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Hello GS:
The good advice of others not withstanding, Shrike's (RH9) three ISO
images *are* still available:
<http://fr.rpmfind.net/linux/redhat/9/en/iso/i386/>
I would also council trying to salvage something positive out of your
misfortune by suggesting a quantum leap to Fedora 9. Perhaps a place
could be reserved on an IDE bus for your RH9 hard disk drives. Either
dd_rescue or ddrescue might be able to retrieve things you wish to save.
The very best luck to you.
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1PW
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