From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <008b01c35116$caf09280$bbf6c150@world> From: "Blueyonder" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0088_01C3511F.2C8BC7A0" Subject: [linux-lvm] redhat 8 booting problem: Message=dropping to shell command Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed Jul 23 08:31:12 2003 List-Id: To: linux-lvm@sistina.com This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0088_01C3511F.2C8BC7A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all Having problems booting RH8, after creating a logical volume. Bootup goes normally till it gets to displaying message =3D dropping you to a shell command. The system already had working lv's, that were visible with df -h. They remained mounted after rebooting. Appropriate entries for them were found in /etc/fstab. Below is what was attempted: 1. LV created & formatted with mke2fs -j /dev/vg1/varlv 2. Mounted: mount /dev/vg1/varlv /var 3. Checked: df -h. Seen to be mounted. 4. After reboot, did, df -h Not mounted now. 5. edited /etc/fstab to include the line for /dev/vg1/varlv: /dev/vg1/varlv /var ext3 defaults 1 2 6. Rebooted:=20 Got to the point in bootup where message =3D dropping you to a shell command. 7. Typed root password and hit enter. 8. Repeated message: Init d:x respawning too fast, disabling for 5 mins. I can see the message=3Ddropping you to a shell command appears in rc.sysinit. I understand that ext3 is handled by initrd ram disk. Help much appreciated thanks abs. ------=_NextPart_000_0088_01C3511F.2C8BC7A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi all

Having problems booting RH8, after creating a logical = volume.
Bootup goes normally till it gets to displaying message =3D = dropping=20 you
to a  shell command.

The system already had working = lv's,=20 that were visible with df -h.
They remained mounted after rebooting.=20 Appropriate entries for them
were found in /etc/fstab.

Below = is what=20 was attempted:

1. LV created & formatted with mke2fs -j=20 /dev/vg1/varlv

2. Mounted: mount /dev/vg1/varlv  =20 /var

3. Checked: df -h. Seen to be mounted.

4. After = reboot, did,=20 df -h  Not mounted now.

5. edited /etc/fstab to include the = line for=20 /dev/vg1/varlv:

/dev/vg1/varlv      =  =20 /var      ext3    =20 defaults   1 2

6. Rebooted:
Got to the point in = bootup=20 where message =3D dropping you to a  shell
command.

7. = Typed root=20 password and hit enter.

8. Repeated message: Init d:x respawning = too=20 fast, disabling for 5
mins.

I can see the message=3Ddropping = you to=20 a  shell command appears in
rc.sysinit. I understand that ext3 = is=20 handled by initrd ram disk.

Help much=20 appreciated

thanks
abs.
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