Tom wrote: > Ok, have been playing around a bit and found that by running 'partprobe' > I can get it to pick up the partitions on /dev/hda. > > I think there is a problem with reading the partition table during the > initial boot, as I get the error message: "Buffer I/O Error on device > hda, logical block 0", just before it starts redhat nash. Please note that this is one sign of a failing disk. And the partition table is *precisely* where you do not want a disk to fail. Please run, as root, smartctl -H /dev/hda smartctl -l error /dev/hda smartctl -t short /dev/hda which will do a low-level check on the disk: wait a minute for that to run, then do # smartctl -l selftest /dev/hda to see the results. And make sure that you've got good backups. James. -- James Wilkinson | ... including, but not limited to, windstorms, the Exeter Devon UK | Riders of Nazgul, infuriated chickens, peasant E-mail address: james | uprisings, halitosis, artillery bombardment, cave-ins, @westexe.demon.co.uk | explosions, and/or frogs falling from the sky.
