[Bio-Linux] biolinux wont boot

[Anthony Pemberton]

Hi All,

Just to add to what Tim said. There is a specific rescue CD now that
boots a live system from CD and has a number of useful tools for
diagnosis and disk rescue:

http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page

Regards,

Tony

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bio-linux-bounces at envgen.nerc-oxford.ac.uk [mailto:bio-linux-
> bounces at envgen.nerc-oxford.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tim Booth
> Sent: 11 June 2007 10:37
> To: Bio-Linux help and discussion
> Subject: Re: [Bio-Linux] biolinux wont boot
> 
> Hi Jarrod,
> 
> The error "unable to read inode block" suggests to me that your disk
is
> failing.  The only other reason for getting a serious error like this
> out of the blue would be if the machine had lost power suddenly, but
> unless you know that has happened it is likely that you are going to
> need to replace the drive.
> 
> The first thing to do is to boot from a recovery CD and take a look.
I
> generally use Knoppix (knopper.net).  You'll need to download and burn
> a
> CD image.
> 
> The second thing is to see what data you can access from the recovery
> CD
> and tar it up to somewhere safe like a network share or removable
disk.
> 
> Then see which partition or partitions cannot be mounted via Knoppix.
> Once you have got any data you need off the good partitions, you can
> try
> running fsck on the problem partitions.  Fsck may fail, or it may fix
> things completely, or it may work but you will still have problems
> reading the disk.  If things are fixed completely you should be able
to
> reboot back into Bio-Linux, but remember that your disk may still be
on
> the verge of packing in.
> 
> If Knoppix can't fix the disk you will have to get a replacement disk
> from Dell and recover from the disaster recovery partition on the
> second
> hard drive.  We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
> 
> If you need and help with the above then give me a call on 018656 281
> 975.
> 
> I'll copy this mail thread into the helpdesk system to keep track of
> it.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> TIM
> 
> On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 10:18 +0100, Jarrod Hadfield wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've jsut got back from holiday, to find I ca no longer log onto my
> > biolinux machine.  I get the message 'fsck died with exit status 4"
> > I get prompted for the root password for maintenance, but get no joy
> > = "unable to read inode block".  As far as I'm aware, the only thing
> > that happened since I've been away, is that soemone tried to drag
> > some stuff off onto a USB  stick.  Could this be the cause of the
> > problem.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jarrod
> >
> >
> >
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> Tim Booth <tbooth at ceh.ac.uk>
> NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre
> at CEH Oxford
> +44 1865 281 975
> 
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