Problem in trying to boot system
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 LAN.
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
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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