On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 10:14:23AM -0500, Andrew Reid wrote: > The system is a file server, it's a dual-core Opteron machine, > 4G RAM, root FS on a software RAID1 array and the served files > on a 3ware RAID5 system with a capacity of about 2.6 TB. The > important services are ssh, nfsd, and nfs, but it's also a > CUPS server. > > Several days ago, this machine crashed, probably due to a disk > failure in the RAID1 root-fs array, and subsequent to the disk > replacement, was not able to reboot fully into run-level 2, instead > always hanging somewhere in the /etc/rc2.d/S20* part of the start-up > sequence.
Why did the machine crash due to a disk failure if its on a raid1 root-fs array? If swap is also on raid there should be no failure unless its hardware other than the single disk. The other reply you've received, about /dev/console, can be checked by booting up with init=/bin/sh so that udev isn't started and see what you get. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
