Thanks Ken
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Marcus - Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
> [mailto:kenmarcus (at mark) precisionweb.net]
> Sent: 27 October 2006 22:52
> 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.
>
>
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> Ken Marcus
> Precision Web Hosting, Inc.
> http://www.precisionweb.net
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