I have a power edge with raid5 that contains Centos 5.4. I had a drive failure, anyway the array is optimal now but the server won't boot. I can boot from a Centos 5.3 liveCD and all the data is still there.
There is no grub.conf just shows a broken link. Is fixing this as simple as gub-install |--root-directory=/mnt/disc/sda3 /dev/sda|
Before screwing things up I am seeking your all's advice. Thanks in advance Dan
# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 72.7 GB, 72729231360 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8842 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/sda2 14 658 5180962+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 659 8842 65737980 83 Linux
Dan Carl wrote:
I have a power edge with raid5 that contains Centos 5.4. I had a drive failure, anyway the array is optimal now but the server won't boot. I can boot from a Centos 5.3 liveCD and all the data is still there.
There is no grub.conf just shows a broken link. Is fixing this as simple as gub-install |--root-directory=/mnt/disc/sda3 /dev/sda|
Before screwing things up I am seeking your all's advice. Thanks in advance Dan
# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 72.7 GB, 72729231360 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8842 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/sda2 14 658 5180962+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 659 8842 65737980 83 Linux
You said this had RAID5: what's the o/p of cat /proc/mdstat?
mark
On 8/13/2012 2:24 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Dan Carl wrote:
I have a power edge with raid5 that contains Centos 5.4. I had a drive failure, anyway the array is optimal now but the server won't boot. I can boot from a Centos 5.3 liveCD and all the data is still there.
There is no grub.conf just shows a broken link. Is fixing this as simple as gub-install |--root-directory=/mnt/disc/sda3 /dev/sda|
Before screwing things up I am seeking your all's advice. Thanks in advance Dan
# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 72.7 GB, 72729231360 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8842 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/sda2 14 658 5180962+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 659 8842 65737980 83 Linux
You said this had RAID5: what's the o/p of cat /proc/mdstat?\
Its a hardware raid5 perc. I cannot mount the boot partition sda1. sda3 mounts fine this is where the OS is. What to do? Dan
mark
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On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Dan Carl danc@bluestarshows.com wrote:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/sda2 14 658 5180962+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 659 8842 65737980 83 Linux
You said this had RAID5: what's the o/p of cat /proc/mdstat?\
Its a hardware raid5 perc. I cannot mount the boot partition sda1. sda3 mounts fine this is where the OS is. What to do?
What kind of error do you get when you try to mount sda1? Is it something fsck will fix? You need to load the kernel and initrd from there.
On 8/13/2012 4:07 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Dan Carl danc@bluestarshows.com wrote:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/sda2 14 658 5180962+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 659 8842 65737980 83 Linux
You said this had RAID5: what's the o/p of cat /proc/mdstat?\
Its a hardware raid5 perc. I cannot mount the boot partition sda1. sda3 mounts fine this is where the OS is. What to do?
What kind of error do you get when you try to mount sda1? Is it something fsck will fix? You need to load the kernel and initrd from there.
#mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt/myboot mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so
I have nothing in my boot directory. Will I have to reload the kernel and grub?
ran fsck got Superblock has an invalid ext3 journal (inode 8). Clear<y>?
Should I select Y? Thanks Dan
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Dan Carl danc@bluestarshows.com wrote:
#mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt/myboot mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so
I have nothing in my boot directory. Will I have to reload the kernel and grub?
/boot should have been a mount point, so it will be empty if you can't mount the partition.
ran fsck got Superblock has an invalid ext3 journal (inode 8). Clear<y>?
Should I select Y?
I don't think I've ever recovered from something that complained about superblock problems, so you probably shouldn't take my advice. But I'd answer yes, assuming that fsck knows more about disk structure than I do. Then if it doesn't recover, you'll need to reformat that partition and replace its contents. If you have backups you could restore from there - or copy the /boot contents from some similar system. You need to have the right disk driver module in your initrd, though, so if you don't have a system that matches, you'll need to rebuild the initrd from your rescue boot CD.
On 08/13/2012 11:17 PM, Dan Carl wrote:
On 8/13/2012 4:07 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Dan Carl danc@bluestarshows.com wrote:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/sda2 14 658 5180962+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 659 8842 65737980 83 Linux
You said this had RAID5: what's the o/p of cat /proc/mdstat?\
Its a hardware raid5 perc. I cannot mount the boot partition sda1. sda3 mounts fine this is where the OS is. What to do?
What kind of error do you get when you try to mount sda1? Is it something fsck will fix? You need to load the kernel and initrd from there.
#mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt/myboot mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so
I have nothing in my boot directory. Will I have to reload the kernel and grub?
ran fsck got Superblock has an invalid ext3 journal (inode 8). Clear<y>?
Should I select Y? Thanks Dan
Try to fix, but it will probably not work. It's a bit strange as this partition is on a raid, so it should be protected by a failing disk just as the other partitions have survived. I would boot from a CentosOS rescue CD. It will find your OS and mount it. Then make a new ext3 fs on /dev/sda1 and mount it under /boot (that is after the chroot /mnt/sysimage). Copy back the files from a backup if you have that. If not, a re-install of the kernel (again after chroot) will place the boot files under /boot/. Then issue a grub-install. It will copy the needed grub images under /boot/grub and re-create a grub.conf and a boot loader on /dev/sda etc.
Theo Band wrote:
On 08/13/2012 11:17 PM, Dan Carl wrote:
On 8/13/2012 4:07 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Dan Carl danc@bluestarshows.com wrote:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/sda2 14 658 5180962+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 659 8842 65737980 83 Linux
You said this had RAID5: what's the o/p of cat /proc/mdstat?\
Its a hardware raid5 perc. I cannot mount the boot partition sda1.
<snip> I must be more awake now. Should I assume that you've rebooted, and gone into the PERC setup, and examined the drives? I know that on boxed I've got with PERC controllers, if I want to offer a partition from a single, non-RAIDed drive, I have to create a logical drive as though it would be RAIDed. Is it possible that /boot is *not* RAIDed?
mark
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