On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:29:54 -0800 (PST), Charles Malespin <cmalespin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So I booted from the rescue CD and got some info using > the commands you told me to.... > > fdisk -l produces(I have left out the sizes) > /dev/sda3 83 Linux > /dev/sda4 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/sda5 83 Linux > /dev/sda6 87 Linux Swap > > df produces.... > Mounted On > rootfs / > /dev/root.old / > /tmp/loop0 /mnt/runtime > /dev/sda5 /mnt/sysimage > /dev/sda3 /mnt/sysimage/boot > /dev/root.old /mnt/sysimage/dev > > and mount produces.... > /dev/root.old on / type ext (rw) > /proc on /proc type proc (rw, nodiratime) > /dev/pts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw) > /sys on /sys type sysfs (rw) > none on /tmp type ramfs (rw) > none on /tmp/ramfs type ramfs (rw) > /proc/bus/usb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs(rw) > /tmp/loop0 on /mnt/runtime type cramfs (ro) > /selinux on /selinux type selinuxfr (rw) > /dev/sda5 on /mnt/sysimage type ext3 (rw) > /dev/sda3 on /mnt/sysimage/boot type ext3 (rw) > none on /mnt/sysimage/proc type proc(rw, nodiratime) > none on /mnt/sysimage/sys type sysfs (rw) > /dev/root.old on mnt/sysimage/dev type ext2 (rw) > > I hope this helps, I really didnt know which one I was > looking for... I think(?) I understand the rest once > I can just figure out what I need and what will be > used in the rest of the commands... Thanks alot! > Charles Hey Charles, Nice work, this should get us going. Okay, it looks like /dev/sda5 is your root partition (mounted on /mnt/sysimage). You must be using either SCSI or SATA drives, and that is why they are sdx# instead of hdx# like I said. And /dev/sda3 is boot (mounted on /mnt/sysimage/boot). I guess 1 and 2 are either not there or Windows partitions, but that's not important. You will want to look at the files /etc/fstab and /etc/grub.conf (and /mnt/sysimage should be prepended to those paths if you do not do the "chroot" thing I mention below). Take special note of anything that says LABEL=.... Then, use the "e2label" program to see what your partitions are actually labeled by doing: e2label /dev/sda3 e2label /dev/sda5 See if these match the entries in fstab and grub.conf. If not, pick which will be easiest to change. That is, if fstab and grub.conf agree, change the labels to match those with: e2label /dev/sda3 /boot e2label /dev/sda5 / for instance. They maybe something like "/boot1" and "/1" right now as a guess. If you want, once you boot from the rescue CD, you can run the command "chroot /mnt/sysimage" and that should get you to a point like you just booted your machine to run-level 3. And then either "init 5" or perhaps you need to do "init 3" first, then "init 5" (I'm not familiar with the rescue CD) should get you to a graphical login (assuming that it works, of course). You can login there as a user and then open a terminal and "su -" <root password> to have root. This just makes it easier to post to email if you need to. If you think you've got it, then go for it. You shouldn't be able to mess anything up *too* badly. You can always boot to the rescue CD to change whatever you do (assuming you don't decide to delete the files :) ). If you want some more help, so things are clear, post the relevant portions of /etc/fstab and /etc/grub.conf Jonathan
