24 days I had the same and also reported here. Nobody could help nor any
answer
So there is something in the installation which is causing this issue
(I'm using one of the first ISO images of Brian)
it's 100% yummed.
However I managed to have my solution, although it's already 24 days the
server did not go down and I have no time to do a re-test
It's true that during the rescue option you can fix LILO again to have
the system booting again, until, you reboot again
My system was able to boot / reboot again after multiple times using the
LILO command
So machine dead: run rescue, mount the image, run lilo
reboot and see the system running again
than again: run LILO as root
than reboot
see what's happening is it rebooting?
reboot again ..
rebooting normally? problem fixed
Why all this is happening to us: No idea, but if it's something causing
to people with GRUB and LILO: it has to do with an update somewhere.
or kernel or something else.
Yes I am using software raid also and just before all this stuff my
machine was dying under me: failing services, wierd hdd stuff ..
I WAS using latest kernel, but removed that one due to wierd things and
I only use kernels from where I know: that thing is working for me.
now I am using 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL kernel and it works.
Please check: kernel versions, Lilo, rescue, normal working mode running
Lilo and Kernel change to older version ..
Dennis
BCooper wrote:
> Have you reboot again since you steps below?
>
> Blair
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Marcus - Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
> [mailto:kenmarcus (at mark) precisionweb.net]
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 2:52 PM
> To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
> Subject: [coba-e:07747] Re: SCSI
>
>
>> On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Colin Jack wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi Blues,
>>>
>>> We have had a very uncomfortable day and would appreciate some
>>> help/ideas from those more knowledgeable than me!
>>>
>>> We had a server with Brian's 4.3 ISO installed and running happily. We
>>> have rebooted the server since install a number of times without
>>> incident and yum updated regularly.
>>>
>>> Then we recently had a yum update stall on us and
>>>
>>> killall yum_install
>>> killall yum
>>>
>>> This sent the server (which was working up until then) into a sulk.
>>> We rebooted and it wouldn't go past the LILO
>>>
>>> Booted a Knoppix disk and tried to mount but would only see /boot
>>>
>>> We have an identical (hardwarewise) back up server without an OS, so
>>> installed 4.5, which appeared to install cleanly but on reboot did the
>>> same as the sick server. Tried the 4.6 ISO and the 4.3 ISO .... with the
>>> same result. Stopped at the LILO screen.
>>>
>>> The guy working on it is pretty knowledgeable (more so than me) but
>>> couldn't resolve the problem.
>>>
>>> We have restored to another lower spec machine (Dell) and that is
>>> running - albeit very slowly.
>>>
>>> I need to get the main servers running, but am short on ideas.
>>>
>>> Basic spec.
>>>
>>> Intel mainboard
>>> 1 x Xeon
>>> 2Gb RAM
>>> Intel SCSI
>>> 2 x 72Gb HDD (software mirror)
>>>
>>> Anybody any ideas?
>>>
>>> many thanks
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> There was a time when my lilo failed on my redhat 7.x server
>> after a reboot.
>>
>> So I overwrote it with grub and it works.
>>
>> so .. 2 cents try grub.
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> patrick
>>
>>
>
> I had that on a P4 with software Raid Sata drives. It got stuck on Grub,
> wnated to boot from the CD. I asume it did not see the drives.
>
> The way I fixed it was:
> 1. booted up using Brian install disk,
> 2. then *carefully* selected the rescue mode,
> 3. followed the chroot instructions that appear
> 4. typed /sbin/lilo -v
> 5. logged out and took out the CD
>
> Then it booted normally.
>
>
> ----
> Ken Marcus
> Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
> http://www.precisionweb.net
>
>
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