-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Congrats, on resolving the problem.
All the best... On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:37:10 -0800 Warren Nagourney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Derick. Actually I fixed it just now (whew!!) by using the > "interactive startup mode" in the "ydltext" mode of kboot. After > answering "no" to about 20 questions, I was able to log in with a > mounted filesystem and changed the kboot.conf to the working video > mode. Then everything booted fine. > > One of the sources of my troubles I am sure is the name change of the > root directory in more recent kernels. I think the system was looking > for the newer root (/dev/ps3da2) using the older kernel and thinking > it was an ext2 filesystem, which led to the prompt for a superblock. > > Thanks again. > > -Warren Nagourney > > On Nov 24, 2007, at 12:26 PM, Derick Centeno wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi Warren: > > > > Sorry to hear that this happened to you after Thanksgiving. Being > > a bit of a > > incessant tinkerer myself, I understand the drive to pursue one's own > > process of trial and error. Sometimes one moves into a new > > direction sometimes > > one gets into the jam you're reporting. > > > > I found a rather detailed explanation for you which could address > > your problem > > by restoring the superblock by resorting or recalling the backup of > > the > > superblock which Linux creates for itself. Before I refer you to > > the article > > recall that the superblock refers to data structures containing > > information > > regarding the hard drive partition which Linux resides on; ext2 or > > ext3 refers > > to the filetype that same data is written in. Simply stated, the > > superblock > > always needs to be present regardless of the filetype because the > > superblock > > comprises everything describing where your data is within a hard drive > > partition. When an application, process or anything else needs > > information > > regarding information regarding a particular file (and remember > > everything in > > Unix/Linux is a file) the fastest way to determine that information > > is to query > > the superblock. > > > > The article also discusses a programmer's preference regarding a > > "production > > system" which I'll attempt to elaborate upon briefly. A > > "production system" > > can be considered any Unix/Linux environment in which programming > > projects > > exist. Even if the only programs you write are explorations into > > producing > > "Hello World", within any computer language available in Linux, > > these projects > > and efforts are yours and require a solidly tested kernel and > > associated > > components for compilers, etc. The article advises against the > > tendency > > amongst many consumers/users to acquire the latest version of any > > program or > > project or kernel, because getting the latest does not mean that > > the latest > > version is free of bugs. Instead acquiring the latest version > > usually means > > that the bugs are hidden because they've not been thoroughly tested > > by a > > sufficiently large body of persons. This is also why the tendency > > amongst many > > is to remain within "stable" releases of a product. > > > > Also every Unix/Linux is likewise identified as stable, > > experimental or > > leading/bleeding edge. Staying "stable" is not as exciting as "the > > latest" > > stuff, but there are certainly a lot less headaches. > > > > Here's the article discussing the superblock and a possible means > > of recovery. > > If this doesn't work, you may be looking at a complete > > reinstallation. Of > > course, hopefully after you read the article you may just choose to > > stay within > > YDL 5.0.2 just as TSS released it. > > > > http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/surviving-a-linux-filesystem- > > failures.html > > > > In the meantime, just in case you were interested in a bit more > > background > > regarding the Unix File System (UFS) I believed the brief > > discussion located > > in Wikipedia here could be useful: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_File_System > > > > Good Luck... > > > > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:58:57 -0800 > > Warren Nagourney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I have been playing around with a number of kernels and other things > >> on my PS3 and managed to make the thing unbootable. It happened when > >> I tried an unusable video setting in my kboot.conf (after everything > >> was working fine) and the system hung up. In my desperation I might > >> have run one of the "rescue" modes from kboot. When I try ydltext it > >> now complains that the superblock is missing, but it assumes that I > >> have an ext2 filesystem (isn't it ext3 ?) and puts me in > >> "maintainance mode". All I would like to do is to be able to restore > >> my kboot.conf video setting and boot normally. Is there a way of > >> accessing the file system using the memory stick which I originally > >> used when installing the OS? By the way, during all of the above, I > >> was never able to access the system using ssh - I guess it fails > >> before enabling the network. Any help much appreciated. Thanks. > >> > >> Warren Nagourney > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> yellowdog-general mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog- > >> general > >> HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> > >> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' > > > > > > ========== > > > > "If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. 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