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From: Bill Longman <bill.longman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems booting my server - ext2 - e2fsck
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:31:01
Message-Id: 4C504D16.7040803@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems booting my server - ext2 - e2fsck by KH
1 On 07/28/2010 08:18 AM, KH wrote:
2 > Am 28.07.2010 16:04, schrieb Mick:
3 >> On 28 July 2010 14:53, Bill Longman <bill.longman@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >>> On 07/28/2010 06:42 AM, Mick wrote:
5 >>>> On 28 July 2010 09:50, KH <gentoo-user@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote:
6 >>>>
7 >>>>> I installed grub by connecting the hdd to my workstation. This did not
8 >>>>> change anything.
9 >>>>> Also I changed /etc/fstab . Now I have 0 0 for every partition. The pc
10 >>>>> boots fine now. I can use it but ... There is no /dev/hd* . Running
11 >>>>> mount /boot I get the answer /dev/hda1 does not exist. Also there is no
12 >>>>> /dev/sd*
13 >>>>>
14 >>>>> Any ideas?
15 >>>>
16 >>>> KH, if you have changed the kernel to use libATA (i.e. the newer
17 >>>> SATA/PATA options) then you need to update your fstab from /dev/hdaX
18 >>>> to /dev/sdaX and change your grub.conf accordingly.
19 >>>
20 >>> But he doesn't even have those devices, so this will not do him any good
21 >>> until we know how the kernel is configured (or not) and get the devices
22 >>> back.
23 >>
24 >> I am not sure that he does not have those devices ... I don't know if
25 >> the error message is returned from grub or from the OS.
26 >>
27 >> It could be that the kernel stanza is wrongly pointing to /dev/hda,
28 >> and, or fstab is not correct.
29 >
30 > Hi Mick,
31 >
32 > but typing ls /dev/hd* or ls /dev/sd* should show up something.
33 > Shouldn't it? df -h shows /dev/hda3 is mounted on /
34 > For me this is strange.
35
36 How is /dev mounted right now? What does "udevadm --version" tell you?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems booting my server - ext2 - e2fsck KH <gentoo-user@××××××××××××××××.de>