Forum Home
Press F1
Thread ID: 79256	2007-05-14 05:09:00	Kernel Panic. (linux server crash)	sjaxso (11577)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
549683	2007-05-14 05:09:00	My server is kaput. It runs Linux, Fedora Core 5, 64 bit. It has two SATA drives, which it puts into one big virtual drive. When I got to work today after the weekend, it was dead. It hasn't gone down in 18 months, but it was locked up. So I rebooted, and it says : 2 Logical Volumes now active VF: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev dm-0 mount: error mounting /dev/root on /sysroot as ext3: Invalid argument -- Kernel panic - not synching: Attempted to kill init! My entire business is on there. When if first set up Fedora, I intended to have one big drive for data, and the OS on the other drive. I do that with Windows too, at home. But through the install process, it persuaded me to do this large volume group, which has worked fine for a long time. Now, I don't know what has happened. It's stuffed. I have rescue disks - partition managers see the partitions, but won't do anything with them, because they are ext3. My next plan is to put another drive in, and install a fresh OS and spend two months (probably) reconfiguring everything, and hope my data is still there on the current disks. That's the only thing I can see to do. Oh yeah, please don't tell me what a twat I am for not backing up, I was going to do it tomorrow. Honest. _________ EDIT: The fedora rescue disk tells me 'you have no linux partitions'.	sjaxso (11577)
549684	2007-05-14 06:00:00	VF: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev dm-0 The fedora rescue disk tells me 'you have no linux partitions this looks like all/part of the disk is dead. check out spinrite , it costs a few $$ but often can save your bits.	robsonde (120)
549685	2007-05-14 07:31:00	-- Kernel panic Don't you love Linux errors? MS should copy. They'd be so much more appropriate on Windows.	pctek (84)
549686	2007-05-14 08:41:00	Don't you love Linux errors? MS should copy. They would still make a botch up of it. :p (AKA system design by committee)	winmacguy (3367)
549687	2007-05-14 08:50:00	Depending on what died, you may be able to rescue your partition table. Have a look at this program - TestDisk (www.cgsecurity.org). It is available on several LiveCDs (www.cgsecurity.org). I haven't used the program, but I've seen it recommended elsewhere.	Jen (38)
549688	2007-05-14 11:10:00	Don't you love Linux errors? MS should copy. They'd be so much more appropriate on Windows. I was in another room and asked my staff to tell me what the error said. She thought it was hilarious. "Attempted to kill, init" I wasn't as amused.	sjaxso (11577)
549689	2007-05-14 11:13:00	Depending on what died, you may be able to rescue your partition table. Have a look at this program - TestDisk (www.cgsecurity.org). It is available on several LiveCDs (www.cgsecurity.org). I haven't used the program, but I've seen it recommended elsewhere. I shall give that a go tomorrow, thank you. It looks useful, for sure.	sjaxso (11577)
549690	2007-05-14 11:17:00	this looks like all/part of the disk is dead. check out spinrite , it costs a few $$ but often can save your bits. Ah crap. I'm so annoyed with myself. I'll try the free TestDisk first, then I'll shell out the 89 USD. To be honest, it would be well worth the $89 to get my data back. My bits are on the line. :stare:	sjaxso (11577)
549691	2007-05-14 11:30:00	Before you assume the disk is shot, boot with Knoppix to see if the partitions and data are recoverable.	johnd (85)
549692	2007-05-14 11:38:00	Before you assume the disk is shot, boot with Knoppix to see if the partitions and data are recoverable. I don't want to kick off a distro argument, but is there any particular advantage of knoppix over fedora? I mean, if I can get any distro up and running on a new disk, then see if it can read my data on the other drives... I'm fishing here, I don't really know what I am doing. Gah. There are about a dozen or so files on there that I really, really need.	sjaxso (11577)
1 2