Toby Bluhm wrote: >> I did it several times. Unfortunately, it couldn't fix the problem. > > > Does it say the fsck is a success or fails? How can I get this info? All I get dmesg and messages logs after the boot. Is there a log somewhere? If not, I think I have to watch the monitor on the server during boot. > > Boot the rescue disk. Mount the partitions someplace. Dump /old_var to > /new_var. Of course, if the /old_var fs is somewhat trash, /new_var > won't be much better. The problem is there is a raid card kernel module loads during boot. If I boot the rescue disk, /mnt/raid will not be mounted. > > > I'd be wary of hardware problems with raid controller, cables, or > disks. That "IO failure" in your logs isn't what you want to see > during fs operations. > You are absolutely right. I am just trying to do my best to recover whatever I can. Thank you. Mufit