[plug] Problem in trying to boot system

[Alexander Hartner]

Have you tried to book of CD ? Once booted off CD try running fsck to verify your disk isn't damaged. You should be able to use any of the install disk you got or try one of the live CD available online.

Hopefully it is just the partition with the kernel on which is damaged. 

IRC for further steps :-)

Alex


On 01/11/2011, at 15:28 , Bret Busby wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> Our mailserver will no longer boot.
> 
> In the weekend, I think it was, it was off when I tried to access it.
> (it had not been turned off by a human here)
> 
> When I tried to boot it, I could no longer access it across the AN.
> 
> I have this afternoon, shifted it and connected it to a monitor, and
> tried to boot it.
> 
> The boot sequence fails, and,  I get
> 
> "
> cramfs: wrong magic
> FAT: Did not find valid FSINFO signature.
> Found signature1 0x0 signature2 0x0 sector= 1.
> request_module[nls_cp437]: Root fs not mounted
> Unable to load NLS charset cp437
> request_module[nls_cp437]: Root fs not mounted
> Unable to load NLS charset cp437
> request_module[nls_cp437]: Root fs not mounted
> Unable to load NLS charset cp437
> request_module[nls_cp437]: Root fs not mounted
> Unable to load NLS charset cp437
> Directory1: bad FAT
> Filesystem panic (dev 03:01)
> FAT error
> VFS: Mounted root (vfat filesystem) readonly
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 280k freed
> Warning: unable to open an initial console
> Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel
> "
> (boot sequence stops here)
> 
> Does this mean that the FAT is stuffed?
> 
> Can the system and the data be recovered?
> 
> The system had to be booted via a FDD, each time the system needed booting.
> 
> The system is Debian 4.
> 
> I have Debian Woody (don't know what version number that is) and
> Debian 5 and Debian 6 on CD (CD1 of each; 7CD set for "Woody"), but do
> not know whether I can do anything with them.
> 
> The optical drive on the computer, is a CD drive; it is an HP Vectra
> server, at least 10 years old.
> 
> Thank you in anticipation.
> 
> -- 
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> ..............
> 
> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
> you'll know what the answer means."
> - Deep Thought,
> Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
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> written by Douglas Adams,
> published by Pan Books, 1992
> 
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