Re: [CentOS] big problem at boot

Michel Donais <donais@...> writes:

I restarted the a Centos 5.6 server tonight and I ran in this issue:   I was able to boot. Then instead of a normal boot with graphical interface the system requested : 'Enter run level' 'INIT' I typed 5 then I got 'INIT: no more process left in this run level   How can I recover from  the situation?

A tad late but you can try running "smartctl -H /dev/sdX" or "smartctl -a /dev/sdX" where /dev/sdX is your boot disk. Chances are that it will only tell you what you already know: the drive is dying. I've had good luck with smartd telling me when a disk is starting to fail. Partition tables don't just disappear on healthy hard drives.

Cheers, Dave