From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id UAA97633 for ; Sun, 10 May 1998 20:26:23 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id UAA23003737 for linux-list; Sun, 10 May 1998 20:24:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dataserv.detroit.sgi.com (dataserv.detroit.sgi.com [169.238.128.2]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id UAA23019927 for ; Sun, 10 May 1998 20:24:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cygnus.detroit.sgi.com by dataserv.detroit.sgi.com via ESMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/930416.SGI) id XAA22594; Sun, 10 May 1998 23:24:19 -0400 Received: from detroit.sgi.com (cx1.detroit.sgi.com [169.238.130.4]) by cygnus.detroit.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id XAA04659; Sun, 10 May 1998 23:24:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <35566E3B.109CCAA3@detroit.sgi.com> Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 23:19:23 -0400 From: Eric Kimminau Reply-To: eak@detroit.sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX 6.2 IP22) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mdhill@interlog.com CC: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Evidence of Drive Activity to Report References: <13652.59663.188834.236218@mdhill.interlog.com> <13653.59491.302730.251578@mdhill.interlog.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk I had the exact same problem - I needed to re-make the ext2fs filesystem on the drive and re-perform the install for it to get further. Eric. Michael Hill wrote: > > Okay, let's say it was just fsck that got hung up, and not the entire > boot process. When it stops with '[/sbin/fsck.ext2] fsck.ext2 -a /' > and I press Ctrl-C, more information comes to light: > > The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 > filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 > filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else, the the superblock > is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: > e2fsck -b 8193 > *** An error occurred during the file system check. > *** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot > *** when you leave the shell. > Give root password for maintenance. > INIT: entering runlevel: 0mal startup): > while opening UTMP file: No such file or directory > > ...then I get the SGI maintenance screen back. There's no evidence of > a shell when it tells me it's dropping me to a shell. From IRIX I ran > 'e2fsck -b 8193 drive' on the drive (with no improvement) but I don't > think that's the appropriate context. Suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Mike > -- > Michael Hill > Toronto, Canada > mdhill@interlog.com -- ---------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6---------7 Eric Kimminau RTA/RSA eak@detroit.sgi.com Silicon Graphics, Inc Voice: (248) 848-4455 39001 West 12 Mile Rd. Fax: (248) 848-5600 Farmington, MI 48331-2903 VNet Extension - 6-327-4455 "I speak my mind and no one else's." http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/perl-rsa-sig.html When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?" "I am the great supportfolio, do you have http?" Copyright 1998, Silicon Graphics Computer Systems Confidential to Silicon Graphics Computer Systems ** -- not for redistribution -- **