Thanks for the help. BUt no. Still had the smae problem. NO biggy.
I'm going to reinstall, try ReisserFS why I'm at it.
:) I'll let you know how it goes.
-Paul R
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan
Shoemaker
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 4:47 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] boot problems (was unmounting drives)
Paul Rodríguez wrote:
> Yes, I've run fsck, ound no problems. I might have to
> reformat and reinstall. Any last minute ideas?
>
> -Paul R
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 7:13 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] boot problems (was unmounting drives)
>
> Paul Rodríguez wrote:
> > Hi, I still can't get this resolved.
> >
> > When I try to boot I get an error that /dev/hda9 and
> > /dev/hda8 are already mounted, can't continue, and drop's
> > me to root for maintenance with password.
> >
> > Once there, I can't unmount /hda8 because it is in use.
> > If I switch runlevels to single user mode, I can unmount
> > both drives, but whatever I do, the same thing happens
> > when I reboot.
> >
> > Please help!
> >
> > -Paul R
>
> Paul....have you run fsck on them after you've gotten them
> unmounted in single user mode?
> --
> Alan
>
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Paul....yes, try the following before you reformat. In
single user mode, after getting them both unmounted do as
below (example is from my system):
[root@obi-wan /root]# fdisk /dev/hda
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 787 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 104 209632+ 6 FAT16
/dev/hda2 105 787 1376928 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 105 231 256000+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda6 232 235 8032+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 236 239 8032+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 240 243 8032+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 244 247 8032+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda10 248 251 8032+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda11 252 255 8063+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda12 288 787 1008000 83 Linux
Command (m for help):
Then copy all of the info from the lines of /dev/hda8 and
/dev/hda9. Then do a 'd' (delete) command on partitions 8
and 9. Finally recreate them with the 'n' command using the
data you copied down. The two new partitions should be
intact containing all of the original data and hopfully not
containing the problem. I don't remember for sure if they'll
still be 8 and 9, if they're not there's a command in the x
(expert) menu called 'f' (fix partition order). Good luck.
--
Alan
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