Re: [CentOS] System will not boot - faulty fstab?
Hello James, On Fri, 2012-08-24 at 16:14 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote: > It still does, and I was able to edit fstab in it. I just could not > save the changes because the file system was read-only. If you remount rw you should be able to save those changes. > Ah well. Nothing lost then. But why does the boot loader offer the > 'I' option if one cannot make use of it? Because it does allow you to skip the starting of services that might be causing problems. Just not the mounting of fstab entries. So it's still useful in some situations. Regards, Leonard. -- mount -t life -o ro /dev/dna /genetic/research ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] System will not boot - faulty fstab?
On Fri, August 24, 2012 03:05, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Hello James, > > On Thu, 2012-08-23 at 19:06 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote: >> I discovered the problem with the cd-rom. It is just that, a >> cd-rom, and I was trying to boot from a dvd rescue disk. I >> have corrected that problem, edited fstab, and rebooted the >> system, apparently with success, so far. > > On failed boot one used to be presented with a single user mode root > login. Didn't the system offer you that option after failing to mount > said partition? It might be you need to "escape away" the graphical > boot screen to see that prompt. It still does, and I was able to edit fstab in it. I just could not save the changes because the file system was read-only. > > FYI, the interactive boot mode probably isn't very helpful in a > situation like this as mounting partitions is not an option one can > skip :) . > Ah well. Nothing lost then. But why does the boot loader offer the 'I' option if one cannot make use of it? -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrnemailto:byrn...@harte-lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] System will not boot - faulty fstab?
Hello James, On Thu, 2012-08-23 at 19:06 -0400, James B. Byrne wrote: > I discovered the problem with the cd-rom. It is just that, a cd-rom, > and I was trying to boot from a dvd rescue disk. I have corrected that > problem, edited fstab, and rebooted the system, apparently with > success, so far. On failed boot one used to be presented with a single user mode root login. Didn't the system offer you that option after failing to mount said partition? It might be you need to "escape away" the graphical boot screen to see that prompt. FYI, the interactive boot mode probably isn't very helpful in a situation like this as mounting partitions is not an option one can skip :) . Regards, Leonard. -- mount -t life -o ro /dev/dna /genetic/research ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] System will not boot - faulty fstab?
On Thu, August 23, 2012 18:17, James B. Byrne wrote: > I believe that I made a boo boo recently when recovering some unused > disk space. Without going into painfully embarrassing detail I need > to delete an entry in fstab for a now non-existent logical volume. > > The system reports that the there is a bad superblock for said logical > volume. Mainly I expect because there isn't one anymore. How do I > edit fstab so as to remove the mount request? For some reason the > system will not boot from the cdrom and the I for interactive option > is just blown by when the HDD boot starts. I discovered the problem with the cd-rom. It is just that, a cd-rom, and I was trying to boot from a dvd rescue disk. I have corrected that problem, edited fstab, and rebooted the system, apparently with success, so far. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrnemailto:byrn...@harte-lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] System will not boot - faulty fstab?
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Ross Cavanagh wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 7:17 AM, James B. Byrne wrote: > >> I believe that I made a boo boo recently when recovering some unused >> disk space. Without going into painfully embarrassing detail I need >> to delete an entry in fstab for a now non-existent logical volume. >> >> The system reports that the there is a bad superblock for said logical >> volume. Mainly I expect because there isn't one anymore. How do I >> edit fstab so as to remove the mount request? For some reason the >> system will not boot from the cdrom and the I for interactive option >> is just blown by when the HDD boot starts. > > > Can you have some other rescue device besides the CD then, can you boot to > USB and create a rescue disk image onto USB and then go and edit it? > Or pull the disk out if you have to and mount it on another system? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] System will not boot - faulty fstab?
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 7:17 AM, James B. Byrne wrote: > I believe that I made a boo boo recently when recovering some unused > disk space. Without going into painfully embarrassing detail I need > to delete an entry in fstab for a now non-existent logical volume. > > The system reports that the there is a bad superblock for said logical > volume. Mainly I expect because there isn't one anymore. How do I > edit fstab so as to remove the mount request? For some reason the > system will not boot from the cdrom and the I for interactive option > is just blown by when the HDD boot starts. Can you have some other rescue device besides the CD then, can you boot to USB and create a rescue disk image onto USB and then go and edit it? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
