[CentOS] Re: Rescue mode

Denis Machard spake the following on 1/8/2007 8:57 AM:

I'm using the version 4.4 of CentOS Cd with the mode "linux rescue"

-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Scott Silva Sent: lundi 8 janvier 2007 17:42 To: centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] Re: Rescue mode

Denis Machard spake the following on 1/8/2007 8:29 AM:

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With command system dmesg , the device is hdc for cdrom

But in /dev/, hdc doesn't exist too

I have never tried to reuse the cdrom in rescue mode. It might be locked, and would explain why the nodes don't get created.I will play with it in vmware. Which rescue Cd are you using? 3, 4, or the live CD.

I just tried this, and for some reason, there are scsi devices present, but not IDE devices. If you need them, you would need to chroot to your underlying system to use them from there. The only reason I could see to need to mount a cdrom would be to access an rpm or two. You would need your system mounted under /mnt/sysimage anyway. If your system isn't intact enough to do this, then you would need to salvage as much data as possible before attempting to fix it, and that can be done over the network, or with the "live cd".