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Hi,
I have been using Archlinux happily for the last couple of months, updating weekly and generally having no problems.
Last friday i did an update (which included a kernel update), shut down and left it for the weekend and found that it doesn't boot today.
the last 4 lines of the boot sequence are:
:: Running Hook [filesystems]
:: Loading root filesystem module... ext3
:: Initramfs Completed - control passing to kinit
IP-Config: no devices to configure
i use GRUB as the boot loader and these are the lines you can edit from there
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda3 ro
initrd /kernel26.img
i have also tried booting with the live cd and the command
arch root=/dev/hda3 noinitrd ro
and it locks up here:
using ipi shortcut mode
kjournald starting. commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly
So i am guessing that i am having trouble mounting the root filesystem. I think i remember seeing a message about checking the EXT3 filesystem flash by on one of my boot attempts but i don't know how i would do this without being able to boot arch linux!
thanks for any advice you can offer.
dicki
Last edited by dicki (2007-02-26 12:15:47)
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further information...
while experimenting with the arch live cd i tried mounting hda3 (failed with a lockup)
also tried running e2fsck. initally this said the filesystem was clean. i tried running it with the -f option and again got the lockup.
it sounds to me like my ext3 filesystem is shafted, any ideas on recovery options?
thanks
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while i feel like i am talking to myself...
i have come to the conclusion that it wasn't a pacman issue. i think the system is broken in the wrong way for that to be the cause.
i have now managed to mount and read *parts* of the filesystem. i am resigned to the idea that i'm going to have to trash this install and start again but i would like to try and get my recent e-mail messages off of it if i can.
When the disk is mounted i can see all of the top level directories however all of the useful ones (./boot, ./root, ./home etc) say that there is an Input Output Error when i try to access them. does anyone have any thoughts on recovering this data. i believe it should be in ~/.opera/mail but i currently cannot read this directory.
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i doubt this has anything to do with pacman. it sounds like a hardware failure. i had a similar (almost exact problem) and the only way i got my info back was to boot using knoppix live cd and copy data to a place on the network. for some reason knoppix was the only distro that was able to see the drive and mount it. i also tried attaching the drive to a system running fedora and LFS but neither one of those worked. also, just like you i had a hard time reading info from certain directories but i kept trying (restarting and trying again). however if this is a hardware problem rebooting your computer and trying to read from the drive may cause even more damage. i would say try using knoppix and see how it works.
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