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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Summary<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Many Thanks to Bill Campbell, Nicolas Sahlqvist and
Barry Brimer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>The problem turned out to be one of disk had software
errors (message attached), <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I used ubuntu live cd to fix this issue <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Harry <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'>____________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Harry Sukumar<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 9 April 2008
11:48 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">CentOS
mailing list</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [CentOS] Server Shut
Down!!!!</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Good Day All,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I have a serious problem on one of my servers running
CentOS 5!!! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>The problem started this way, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I wanted to store some data under /home and I got an error
message saying it is in the read only mode <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>So I rebooted the machine, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Then I see this serious error messages at boot time (I am
unable to boot)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Here is the Error Message!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'>*** Error occurred during the file
system check.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'>*** Dropping you to shell; the system
will reboot<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'>*** when you leave the shell<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'>Give root password for maintenance <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'>(or type control D to continue):<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'>Bash: dircolors: command not found<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'>Bash: /usr/bin/id: No such file or
directory<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'>Bash: [:=: unary operator expected<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic'>(Repair filesystem)1 #<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>When I press control D the machine reboots itself and
comes back to the same prompt asking for root password for maintenance <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Your help in this matter is highly appreciated<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Many Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Harry <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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