On Sun, 8 Jan 2017 14:28:09 +0100 Steffen Dettmer <steffen.dett...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > What happened before: > I had issue with a Debian server SATA bus [1]. I noticed because > apt-get upgrade hung, because initramfs updater calls "sync" which > hang because of [1]. All operations accessing a certain (backup) disk > blocked. Shutdown over network. It was reported server power LED still > up, so probably shutdown hang, too. Server was powered off and disk > pulled. The disc you removed: did it have an entry in /etc/fstab? Does this server use systemd? If yes to both, comment the /etc/fstab entry or give it an extra option 'noauto'. Systemd assumes that any local drive listed in /etc/fstab without 'noauto' is essential for booting, and will drop you to maintenance mode if the drive cannot be found. > > Then server did not come up. Now I went to its location with monitor > and keyboard. I saw a screen full of boot messages, each line prefixed > with green "[OK]". On bottom, I got asked for root password. I though > Debian does not use root passwords? I'm old fashioned so fortunately I > set one, so I could log in. > Yes, a plain Debian installation will ask you to set a root password. > Or is Debian nowadays desktop only? I know ubuntu-server, is there > also some debian-server? No, there is no special server variant, Debian Stable would normally be used, with whatever additional software the user wishes. -- Joe