I do not know what caused the issue. i know that i can boot from linux dvd and go to rescue mode. No network support. i can do mounts and stuff. ---just do not know what the next step would be. mjh
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Michael Habashy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i appriciate your help. > i am not new to linux but i am new to lvm and raid and recovery. > if you give me some simple steps, i can follow. > i would really like the help because my main ssystem is down. > please provide step by step proceedure..to ensure that i get my system > up and running. > can you point me to a how-to or something ?? > > mjh > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Andrew Sackville-West > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 06:09:10PM -0400, Michael Habashy wrote: >>> can anyone help on this??? >>> I get into a busybox prompt and can not do much. >>> Can i get a list of procedures on how to recover my system ??? >>> I am using lvm2 on top of raid. (raid1 for boot and raid5 for root and >>> the rest of my system) >>> I am able to but with the debian 4.0 dvd and get into rescue mode. I >>> can then create a directory and mount my /dev/md0 device >>> >>> I can see all my files on the boot partition including my kernels >>> ...all seems okay...just do not know where to go from here. >> >> can you boot into a previous kernel? >> >> when you are in the busybox shell, are you able to manually mount your >> partitions? >> I suspect not based on the messages below. >> >> if you have no previous kernel to boot from, you will likely have to >> boot rescue media, chroot into the system and rebuild from >> there. >> >> Without more info, I would suggest either >> >> dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.24blahblahblah >> >> don't do *all* your linux images because if your initramfs stuff is >> broken, then all your initrds will get broken as a result. >> >>> >>> thanks >>> mjh >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Vikram Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > Hello, >>> > I upgraded my system to the latest kernel along with all the other >>> > packages. >>> > While installing I found that the "initrd" line in grub's menu.lst was not >>> > being >>> > created and so I had to manually add it. >> >> what specifically did you manually add? Perhaps you added the wrong >> initrd? Not sure what happens in that situation, but I bet it looks >> like what you're seeing. >> >> remember that you can edit your boot lines on the fly in grub... >> >>> > Upon booting I get the certain messages and then find myself in the >>> > initramfs >>> > prompt. I tried reinstalling the concerned packages but to no avail. >>> > >>> > Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... >>> > mount: Mounting /root/dev on /dev/.static/dev failed: No such file or >>> > directory >>> > Done. >>> > mount: Mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or directory >>> > mount: Mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: No such file or directory >>> > Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init >>> > No init found. Try passing init= bootarg. >>> > >>> > Busybox.... Built-in shell (ash) >>> > /bin/sh: can't access tty: job control turned off >>> > (initramfs) /* prompt */ >> >> whatever other specific details you can provide will help. >> >> ls -l /boot >> >> and maybe a copy of grub's menu.lst >> >> would be good starting places. >> >> >> A >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iD8DBQFImNPtaIeIEqwil4YRAg9tAJ4tIQX4XFyIivBJW5wxX5ZGW1g1PQCg5Jiy >> IxrySjkA2MwFqZ2DwLKD/8o= >> =CE58 >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]