> > > >That machine was running OK for the past few weeks. He then realized > >his error, and hence changed the CHOST, CCFLAG, and done a bootstrap > >(using that actual machine, not a livecd). > > > >Now the machine is completely screwed. Any chance we can rescue? And How? > > > >The hosting company has told us that the machine reports /dev/BOOT > >/dev/ROOT missing during a fsck, even with a correct fstab file. What > >could cause that? > > > > > Thats only going to show up if you have an incorrect /etc/fstab. > When he bootstrapped chances are portage told him to run etc-update and > he did, probably merging a new /etc/fstab over the old one. > This would happen if he just used -5 to merge all changes. > Regardless, you will need a liveCD to fix it.
The strange thing is, the /etc/fstab file was untouched. and was the correctly one that's been used for the past few weeks, which is quite puzzling. I'm gonna have them re-do a stage3 setup, this time, using the correct stages, overwrite whatever was there, and see if that could at least the the system going. Thanks for the help. -- Joe -- Money can't buy everything. Sometimes money can't even buy a gun... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
