Thanks Jarod. Hmm, I only have a 5.1 DVD right now. Will that work? Or do I have to create a 5.2 dvd on another machine?
As for repairs they would be fsck? Thanks, Bruce -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jarod Wilson Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 10:57 AM To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org Subject: Re: System Recovery On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 10:34 -0400, Mark Greene wrote: > I'd start by booting it off of the system CD, run fsck on /var and see > how much of it is still intact. Then check the system logs for hard > drive and PCI errors. i.e., insert Scientific Linux 5.2, CD1 (or DVD), and boot it like so: boot: linux rescue Does certainly sound like you've got a dedicated /var, and its been corrupted. Alternatively, you should also be able to boot into single-user mode and perform repairs from there. > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Labitt, Bruce > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What tools are available for recovery of a linux system? I > have no idea > what happened - but my system took a dump. SciLinux5.2 > (RHEL5.2). I > make it through the text mode then go into the x detail mode. > I get a > lot of daemons failing and the odd lines that say stuff like: > > touch cannot touch /var/lock/subsys : Not a directory > > can't create /var/run/dhclient-eth1.pid: Not a directory > > touch cannot touch 'var/lock/subsys/netplugd': Not a directory > > > Then the line "Starting system logger:" which takes minutes > to complete > - lots of failed module loads follow then I'm dumped out of X > mode and > get a text display which states > > "Server Authorization directory (daemon/ServAuthDir) is set > to /var/gdm > but this does not exist. Please correct GDM configuration and > restart > GDM." > > > This all happened when I started a K3b format of a DVD+RW disk > - if it > matters... The system rebooted on me and I have been hosed > ever since. > I guess the first thing to do is to get what ever data off it > that I can > first... I didn't think an application could cause this kind > of carnage > in linux... > > Is Knoppix live ok for this? Something better? > > Bruce > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
