Hi Neil, Thanks for responding. Basically formatting removes all my files, is there away not to? I didn't thought about checking the log. Thanks,
Maha On Oct 4, 2010, at 10:54 PM, Neil Ghosh wrote: > Maha, > > Is there any specific reason you don't want to format the name node ? > > Did you see the log why name node is not starting ? > > Thanks > Neil > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 10:54 AM, maha <m...@umail.ucsb.edu> wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >> >> I'm sure this is easy for you guy, so please let me know. What's the >> solution when the NameNode doesn't start other than formatting it? >> I also tried stop-dfs.sh and starting it again over and over, no hope >> until I format it :( >> >> Please help and thank you, >> >> Maha > > > > > -- > Thanks and Regards > Neil > http://neilghosh.com
