On 3/7/08, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 08:53:18PM -0500, John Fleming wrote: > > > Sorry to answer my own post, but it's FIXED! When it got to the > > "enter root password to enter maintenance", I did that, and at the > > prompt entered fsck. It warned me about running e2fsck on a mounted > > filesystem, and I entered "n" and saw "no" echoed - However, then it > > goes ahead and runs. Will someone please explain that? It seemed to > > fix a million things (or at least a few hundred), but now it is > > actually fixed! Why does this work like this, and why didn't it work > > running fsck from a live CD? Thanks again! - John > > I don't understand either. Have you checked /var/log/syslog for drive > errors and installed smartmontools and checked that too? > > Something caused all these errors. > > Do subsequent reboots work fine? What about a shutdown -rF when a fsck > is forced, are there any errors? > > Doug.
It's really fixed now - Subsequent reboots are fine, including shutdown -rF. Between the complexity of this and my relative inexperience, I am not going to know exactly what caused the errors. But I learned a lot about what to do if I ever see it again. That dialog about control-D or entering maintenance mode doesn't make sense to me - I hit "n", it echoes "no", but then proceeds to run and work! Things are fine now, but I need to start a new thread about restoring apache. Thanks again Doug. -John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
