On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:31:36 +0200 Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Jack Schneider > <p...@dp-indexing.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:19:56 +1100 > > Alex Samad <a...@samad.com.au> wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 09:16:47PM -0500, Jack Schneider wrote: > >>> For over two years, I have used /md0 as / and /md1 under lvm2 > >>> with 7 partitions on this amd64 system. I have migrated from > >>> "etch" to "squeeze" without undue problems. BUT, now I cannot > >>> boot either kernel 2.6.30-1 or 2.6.30-2 with grub2, it fails by > >>> not finding or identifying my swap partition. It is one of the > >>> seven partitions on /md1. I can boot 2.6.26-2 without error. I > >>> have looked at list archives and googled but nothing helped. > >>> Since I have had minimal problems to this point, I am not fluent > >>> in mirroring commands. My reading of mdadm & lvm manpages doesn't > >>> seem to address swap issues. Can someone point me in the right > >>> direction??? > > >> what is the error you are getting ? > >> what happens when you type mount -a or swapon -a > > > Error: "The superblock could not be read or does not describe a > > correct ext2 file system..fsck died with exit status 8 > > > # mount -a gives : wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on > > dev/mapper/Speeduke-_swap,missing codepage or helper program, or > > other error (plus some others that says it's not > > reading/recognizing /md1 ) > > > # swapon -a gives: > > swapon: /dev/mapper/Speeduke-_tmp: read swap header failed: Invalid > > argument > > > #swapon /dev/mapper/Speeduke-_swap (executes with out error) > > > Note: see http://pastebin.com/m7cc9da3d for a view of what I've > > got in this system.. > > I am confused... Before suggesting anything... > > (1) All the output in pastebin is when booted into 2.6.26-2, I assume > that the above mount and swapon are also when booted into 2.6.26-2. >
Hi, Tom Thanks for the reply. (1) No, Those are the responses I get when trying to boot into 2.6.30-X and get to the "type root password for maintenance". > (2) When you say that you cannot boot into 2.6.30-1 or 2.6.30-2 > because of your swap partition, are you not booting at all into these > kernels or are you booting but swap is not mounting? > (2) When I try to boot into a 2.6.30-X kernel I get the repair promt. as in (1) what it complains about is fsck.ext3: Bad magic number etc... > (3) When you say that you have migrated from etch to squeeze "without > undue problems", what do you actually mean? > (3) I built this machine to run Debian as host for VirtualBox. Started with etch then etch & 1/2, lenny(testing), now squeeze(testing) using aptitude dist-upgrades. I had some expected Nvidia driver and gnome desktop glitches and some NetworkManager instability. I never got Compiz working right... I have much cruft in /root (/md0) it's over 8 gigs of disk space and /var-/home-/tmp are on (/md1)... > (4i) Please post your grub.cfg. Here's the link. http://pastebin.com/m243acd1 > > (4ii) Please post fstab and, while booted into the kernel with the > mount and swapon output above, the following sequence: > swapoff -a > mount -a > swapon -s > swapoff -a > swapon -s > > I'll send (4ii) when I figure out how to get it.... 8-( TIA, Jack -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
