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Problem
Linux Co Res wont boot up. Or goes in reboot loop. After power fail
Answer
System fails to boot properly following a power fail. When connected to TTY it eventualy gives this message
*** An error occurred during the file system check.
*** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
*** when you leave the shell.
Give root password for maintenance
(or type Control-D to continue):
If you put in Control-D it just cames back to the same place.
Entering the root password will allow you to get to the next stage
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(Repair filesystem) 1 #
Type in fsck then return.
(Repair filesystem) 1 # fsck
fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006)
e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006)
/: clean, 49542/524288 files, 343372/524112 blocks
e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006)
ext3 recovery flag is clear, but journal has data.
-------- System then responded with this ------
Run journal anyway<y>? yes
/home: recovering journal
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/home: 830/2097152 files (0.1% non-contiguous), 103907/2096474 blocks
e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006)
/opt: clean, 14301/4100544 files, 507784/4096567 blocks
.........etc etc etc ....
e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006)
/boot: clean, 42/24480 files, 55370/97656 blocks
(Repair filesystem) 2 # reboot -f (This will reboot the server)
--- Extra info -----
When reviewing the logs on the first boot up. The following was found
/home: ext3 recovery flag is clear, but journal has data.
/home: Run journal anyway
/home: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY.
(i.e., without -a or -p options)
Looks like on the normal boot up, the system encountered this journal problem and needed manual intervention.
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