Shi-Ping wrote:
> I have a big problem with my RH7.2. It will not reboot. It always
> hangs after the following line:
> Setting hostname mycomputer.mydomain.com: [OK]
> I tried to boot in single user mode without success. However, I can boot
> the system with the emergency mode. Now, how I can recover the system?
Ok, I just checked my /var/log/messages (have you done that, and your
dmesg?), and I see that hostname is set just before the fsck on / runs.
Therefore, I suspect a disk or filesystem problem.
Now, the first thing you need to do is umount /dev/hda2. This will unmount
the partition that fsck is warning you about - you should *not* run fsck on a
partition mounted read/write. You should also do it *not* in parallel.
Is this a dual-boot system, or do you have /boot on one partition, and / on
/dev/hda2? I see, from your posted fstab, that you don't show what
partitions are what, other than swap,
So, *assuming* that it is not, then check the filesystem, after making sure
that you're not on the filesystem being checked, this way:
*if* you are somewhat comfortable in responding to filesystem repair prompts,
use -r *instead* of the -a I show below; if you have no clue what I'm talking
about, use -a, which will automagically attempt to repair your filesystem.
This is like, if you're familiar with M$ scandisk, letting it stop and ask
you what it should do, when it finds a problem, versus setting the switch
that says, "you know all this better than I do, fix it all, and don't ask"
<g>.
$ umount /dev/hda1
$ fsck -a /dev/hda1
$ umount /dev/hda2
$ fsck -a /dev/hda2
Hopefully, this will fix it. It usually does, unless your physical hard drive
is hosed.
mark
PS: It's crashed, not crushed. Crushed is what you do to it when you hate
your computer, and run over it with a Big Truck. <g>
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