Hi Mark. Many thanks for your kind offer. The initrd's a 2MB binary file though. Is that the one you want? If so, how do I get it off of the rescue system: ftp doesn't appear to be working and remote scp is refused.
ian ... -/bin/sh-3.00# cd /mnt/sysimage/boot -/bin/sh-3.00# ls -l -rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 615989 May 16 2007 System.map-2.6.9-55.EL -rw------- 1 root 0 37376 Oct 22 02:09 bootmap -rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 16353 May 16 2007 config-2.6.9-55.EL drwxr-xr-x 2 root 0 4096 Oct 21 16:19 grub -rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 2028834 Oct 21 18:01 initrd-2.6.9-55.EL.img drwx------ 2 root 0 16384 Oct 21 15:58 lost+found -rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 9371 Sep 9 2006 message -rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 9371 Sep 9 2006 message.ja -rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 1464 May 14 2007 tape0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 0 3211520 May 16 2007 vmlinuz-2.6.9-55.EL -/bin/sh-3.00# ftp 192.168.15.10 ftp: ftp/tcp: unknown service ------ Original Message ------ Received: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:58:36 PM BST From: Mark Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DASD error on zlinux ipl > >>> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:00 PM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ian S. Worthington" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Could it be that this is just stuffed beyond recovery? Should I be putting > > my > > efforts into rebuilding from the last backup (several months ago apparently) > > instead? > > No, it's not. The fact that you can use the rescue system and get the VG active proves that. You're just missing some step, or doing them in the wrong order, or something along those lines. > > Reboot into the rescue system, and send me (off-list) the initrd in /mnt/sysimage/boot/ that you're trying to use. I can probably fix it for you. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
