[wellylug] File recovery after a crash.

[MDM Productions]

Glen Ogilvie wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:36:08 +1200, MDM Productions
> <thefrasers at clear.net.nz> wrote:
>   
>> Glen Ogilvie wrote:
>>     
>>> On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:55:06 +1200, MDM Productions
>>> <thefrasers at clear.net.nz> wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Glen: No change. Specifically, at boot I get; fsck.ext3: Unable to 
>>>> resolve 'UUID+454f0660-4fb9-4e3e-bf85-a94304c110ef' /dev/hda6: clean, 
>>>> 4416/13123584 files, 1629111/26236145 blocks [failed]
>>>> Any help?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Hi John,
>>>
>>> Sounds like it can't find a partition, which points to /etc/fstab
>>>       
> having
>   
>>> something set in it which it can't find.
>>>
>>> You may need to boot into rescue mode, depending on if /root was
>>>       
> mounted
>   
>>> when it drops you to a shell.  The information needed
>>> to know what is needed next is:
>>>
>>> cat /etc/fstab
>>> fdisk -l
>>> vol_id /dev/hda6 (and others)
>>>
>>> and, if you use lvm, may need to get lvm started and check the volume
>>> groups in that too.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Glen Ogilvie
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> cat /etc/fstab returns for hda6: 
>> UUID=3ac7970b-c2e8-4a94-80b0-c3dc41a6c80e /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none 
>> /proc proc defaults 0 0
>> hda1 is; / ext3 defaults 1 1
>> hda5 is swap swap defaults 0 0
>> ..and there is an sda1 /boot ext3 noatime 1 2  none /dev/pts devpts 
>> mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
>>     
>
>
> Is the no /dev/hda6 in your /etc/fstab?
>
> what is the root filesystem set to in grub? ( you can find this by editing
> the grub command once you switch to text mode in grub ).
>
> Glen
>
>
>   

Yes to hda6. See above.

"cat /etc/fstab returns for hda6: 
UUID=3ac7970b-c2e8-4a94-80b0-c3dc41a6c80e /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none 
/proc proc defaults 0 0"

How do I do the Grub-bie thing from shell?