From: JM Remacle on
Hello,
I cannot use 9.2 any more, it stops during boot.
i do not really know what happened.
I get the messages :
-------------------------
fsck failed for at least one file system (not /)
Please repair manually and reboot (easy to say, not easy to do !!!)
The root file system is already mounted read-write.
Attention : only CONTROL-D will reboot the system in this maintenance
mode, shutdown or reboot will not work.
Give root password for login : ohci1394:fw-host0:selfID received outside
of bus reset sequence BIOS EDD facility....
---------------------------
When i have given my rooy passwd i get the prompt but do not what to do.
9.2 is on hda4 (it is my basic distro); i have also 9.3 on hda9 and from
there i could work on hda4.

i tried to repair via the iso install cd; i was told that the filesystem
on hda4 was correct, i got not results.

I also try e2fsck but i do not what to to with this program...

So i am completely in the dark; if someone could help me i would be pleased.

Thank you.
JM
From: houghi on
JM Remacle wrote:
> Hello,
> I cannot use 9.2 any more, it stops during boot.
> i do not really know what happened.
> I get the messages :
> -------------------------
> fsck failed for at least one file system (not /)
> Please repair manually and reboot (easy to say, not easy to do !!!)
> The root file system is already mounted read-write.
> Attention : only CONTROL-D will reboot the system in this maintenance
> mode, shutdown or reboot will not work.
> Give root password for login : ohci1394:fw-host0:selfID received outside
> of bus reset sequence BIOS EDD facility....
> ---------------------------
> When i have given my rooy passwd i get the prompt but do not what to do.
> 9.2 is on hda4 (it is my basic distro); i have also 9.3 on hda9 and from
> there i could work on hda4.

fsck /dev/hda4. You can do that from 9.3 or from the boot prompt. I
think that if there are a lot of errors, you can run `fsck -y /dev/hda4`

> i tried to repair via the iso install cd; i was told that the filesystem
> on hda4 was correct, i got not results.

That could point to the fact that you have something in /etc/fstab that
should not be there. Not sure what you have in /etc/fstab with
/dev/hda4, but if it not important, uncomment it from 9.3 and see if
that works. Then when booted, go into the 9.2 /etc/fstab and correct
what is there. Take /etc/fstab from 9.3 as an example.

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> Who's there?
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From: JM Remacle on
houghi a ýcrit :
> JM Remacle wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>I cannot use 9.2 any more, it stops during boot.
>>i do not really know what happened.
>>I get the messages :
>>-------------------------
>>fsck failed for at least one file system (not /)
>>Please repair manually and reboot (easy to say, not easy to do !!!)
>>The root file system is already mounted read-write.
>>Attention : only CONTROL-D will reboot the system in this maintenance
>>mode, shutdown or reboot will not work.
>>Give root password for login : ohci1394:fw-host0:selfID received outside
>>of bus reset sequence BIOS EDD facility....
>>---------------------------
>>When i have given my rooy passwd i get the prompt but do not what to do.
>>9.2 is on hda4 (it is my basic distro); i have also 9.3 on hda9 and from
>>there i could work on hda4.
>
>
> fsck /dev/hda4. You can do that from 9.3 or from the boot prompt. I
> think that if there are a lot of errors, you can run `fsck -y /dev/hda4`
>
>
>>i tried to repair via the iso install cd; i was told that the filesystem
>> on hda4 was correct, i got not results.
>
>
> That could point to the fact that you have something in /etc/fstab that
> should not be there. Not sure what you have in /etc/fstab with
> /dev/hda4, but if it not important, uncomment it from 9.3 and see if
> that works. Then when booted, go into the 9.2 /etc/fstab and correct
> what is there. Take /etc/fstab from 9.3 as an example.
>
this is what i did :

linux:/home/jmr # fsck -y /dev/hda4
fsck 1.36 (05-Feb-2005)
reiserfsck 3.6.18 (2003 www.namesys.com)

*************************************************************
** If you are using the latest reiserfsprogs and it fails **
** please email bug reports to reiserfs-list(a)namesys.com, **
** providing as much information as possible -- your **
** hardware, kernel, patches, settings, all reiserfsck **
** messages (including version), the reiserfsck logfile, **
** check the syslog file for any related information. **
** If you would like advice on using this program, support **
** is available for $25 at www.namesys.com/support.html. **
*************************************************************

Will read-only check consistency of the filesystem on /dev/hda4
Will put log info to 'stdout'
###########
reiserfsck --check started at Fri Aug 26 13:51:53 2005
###########
Replaying journal..
Reiserfs journal '/dev/hda4' in blocks [18..8211]: 0 transactions replayed
Checking internal tree..finished
Comparing bitmaps..finished
Checking Semantic tree:
finished
No corruptions found
There are on the filesystem:
Leaves 31247
Internal nodes 215
Directories 12658
Other files 140484
Data block pointers 1093121 (995 of them are zero)
Safe links 0
###########
reiserfsck finished at Fri Aug 26 13:53:03 2005
##########
Content of the stdout file

/etc/X11/xim: Checking wether an input method should be started.
INPUT_METHOD is not set or empty (no user selected input method).
Trying to start a default input method for the locale fr_FR.UTF-8 ...
There is no default input method for the current locale.
xset: bad font path element (#96), possible causes are:
Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
Directory missing fonts.dir
Incorrect font server address or syntax
startkde: Starting up...
kbuildsycoca running...
kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary:
/opt/kde3/lib/kde3/kcm_keyboard.so: undefined symbol: init_keyboard_layout
libhal.c 911 : Error sending msg: No property info.category on device
with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/computer
libhal.c 1205 : Error sending msg: No property volume.disc.has_audio on
device with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/block_8_1
libhal.c 911 : Error sending msg: No property info.category on device
with id
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_usb_device_4b4_6830_1_-1_DEF109219994_0
libhal.c 911 : Error sending msg: No property info.category on device
with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_0_0
libhal.c 1205 : Error sending msg: No property volume.disc.has_audio on
device with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/block_3_2
libhal.c 1205 : Error sending msg: No property volume.disc.has_audio on
device with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/block_3_3
libhal.c 911 : Error sending msg: No property info.category on device
with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_0_0
libhal.c 911 : Error sending msg: No property info.category on device
with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_0_0
libhal.c 911 : Error sending msg: No property info.category on device
with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_0_0
libhal.c 911 : Error sending msg: No property info.category on device
with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_0_0
libhal.c 911 : Error sending msg: No property info.category on device
with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_0_0
libhal.c 911 : Error sending msg: No property info.category on device
with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_0_0
libhal.c 911 : Error sending msg: No property info.category on device
with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_1_0
libhal.c 1205 : Error sending msg: No property volume.disc.has_audio on
device with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/block_22_2
libhal.c 911 : Error sending msg: No property info.category on device
with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_1_0
libhal.c 911 : Error sending msg: No property info.category on device
with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_1_0
libhal.c 911 : Error sending msg: No property info.category on device
with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/ide_1_0
kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary:
/opt/kde3/lib/kde3/kcm_kdnssd.so: undefined symbol: init_kdnssd
kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Could not write data
kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Could not write data
kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Could not write data
kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Could not write data
kio (KIOConnection): ERROR: Could not write data
kio (KDirWatch): WARNING: KDirWatch::removeDir can't handle '/dev/stdout'
kio (KDirWatch): WARNING: KDirWatch::removeDir can't handle '/dev/stdout'
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
Major opcode: 20
Minor opcode: 0
Resource id: 0x3000007
X Error: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) 3
Major opcode: 20
Minor opcode: 0
Resource id: 0x3000007
kio (KDirWatch): WARNING: KDirWatch::removeDir can't handle '/dev'


Can we get something from that ?
I see some strange messages but do not know what to do with...

Thank you

JM


From: houghi on
JM Remacle wrote:
>> That could point to the fact that you have something in /etc/fstab that
>> should not be there. Not sure what you have in /etc/fstab with
>> /dev/hda4, but if it not important, uncomment it from 9.3 and see if
>> that works. Then when booted, go into the 9.2 /etc/fstab and correct
>> what is there. Take /etc/fstab from 9.3 as an example.
>>
> this is what i did :
>
> linux:/home/jmr # fsck -y /dev/hda4
> fsck 1.36 (05-Feb-2005)
> reiserfsck 3.6.18 (2003 www.namesys.com)

What about putting a # in fromt of /dev/hda4 in .etc/fstab of the
version that does not work?
--
houghi http://houghi.org
> Knock-knock.
> Who's there?
> Under the Patriot Act, we don't have to tell you that.
From: JM Remacle on
houghi a ýcrit :
> JM Remacle wrote:
>
>>>That could point to the fact that you have something in /etc/fstab that
>>>should not be there. Not sure what you have in /etc/fstab with
>>>/dev/hda4, but if it not important, uncomment it from 9.3 and see if
>>>that works. Then when booted, go into the 9.2 /etc/fstab and correct
>>>what is there. Take /etc/fstab from 9.3 as an example.
>>>
>>
>>this is what i did :
>>
>>linux:/home/jmr # fsck -y /dev/hda4
>>fsck 1.36 (05-Feb-2005)
>>reiserfsck 3.6.18 (2003 www.namesys.com)
>
>
> What about putting a # in fromt of /dev/hda4 in .etc/fstab of the
> version that does not work?

From 9.3 i commented the 9.2 fstab line concerning hda4 as you suggested
Start 9.2 and, youpie, it worked!
To be sure i restarted 9.2 and i had a lot of error messages and the
startup took nearly half an hour to finally get the prompt...
I retried in failsafe mode and the pc stopped at the message :
reiserFS:hda4 checking transaction log (hda4)
I waited at least 20 minutes and pushed the reset button.
The good point is that i could at least start it once.

If i cannot get out of that i think i will move all my personal stuff
from 9.2 to 9.3 as this distro seems to work correctly.
But i always like to know what has happened.
Thanks for your help.
JM