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Re: *URGENT* plz need help system not booting after "lvresize" command



On Thu, 3 May 2012 17:29:06 +0500, Muhammad wrote in message 
<[🔎] CAGWVfM=FA6TRQeHjGSQJTkkddt9s8QnNbARrb=rmZWhsSiQ3fw@mail.gmail.com>:

> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 May 2012 23:56:06 +0500, Muhammad wrote in message
> > <[🔎] CAGWVfMmXUZHb-wD=DRR0As-pMYig8qqsOFXY+UcnSMBsEd-SZQ@mail.gmail.com>:
> >
> >> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:07 PM, Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, 2 May 2012 22:07:14 +0500, Muhammad wrote in message
> >> > <[🔎] CAGWVfM=mZy29_s0cUyv3GDZA=Czvmxg4h_q6DBuKRnbXVVzGLQ@mail.gmail.com>:
> >> >
> >> >> i tried every single possibility regarding cables i have 3 HD i
> >> >> tried the smaller HDs cable it gives me the same error.
> >> >
> >> > ..good, means hardware failure.  Try another machine.
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> actually i also installed quota module by modeprobe qutoa_v2 and
> >> >> echo qutoa_V2  >> /etc/moudels
> >> >>
> >> >> in fstab i added the UUID and ursquota keyword to for quota
> >> >> support.
> >> >>
> >> >> and the next start was very unfortunate .
> >> >>
> >> >> actually it is showing me the error on the point where RAID md
> >> >> devices are checked
> >> >>
> >> >> when i unpluged the problem drive it shows me md1 md2 and md0
> >> >> status and after few logs it give me the problem  but when plug
> >> >> the drive back, on the stage where it suppose to show the SW
> >> >> raid1 status it shows me this error.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> is there any possibility i can at least get the data back. i am
> >> >> 100% sure it is not a hardware problem. it has some
> >> >> configuration related problem.
> >> >
> >> > ..yes, and it could even be both.  If your data is important,
> >> > keep it safe and away from that machine until you know it is
> >> > ok.  E.g. flaky grid power can eat your power supply enough
> >> > to e.g. kill a file system journal or leave it running on a
> >> > read-only fs, force feeding you "interesting challenges."
> >>
> >> can you please make it easy what you have :P i am not that good in
> >> english :-D
> >
> > ..like I said above, try your disks in _another_ machine.
> >
> >> what do you mean by readonly FS.
> >
> > ..mount each of your disks with e.g.
> > "mount -vo,ro /dev/bad-disk.part0 /mnt".
> >
> >> and what do you mean by kill a file system.
> >
> > ..you can _destroy_ _all_ of your data if you do a fsck or if you
> > do a normal mount, which is usually a read-write mount, where you
> > risk having your possibly bad file system journal try to "repair"
> > your file system.
> >
> > ..I've had this happen twice on my own, and once on a
> > client fs in the early days of ext3.  No, I have no
> > experience with lvm.
> >
> >> i am a newbie can you make it easy please
> >
> > ..you asked for advice here on d-u@dlo.  A wise start.
> >
> >> but right now the problem is command prompt.
> >
> > ..no.  _If_ you want to use that machine with your disks,
> > _first_ take your disks out of that machine, and _then_
> > use a LiveCD or LiveUSB or some such to verify your machine
> > is working ok, check ram, cpu, power supply _etc_, you
> > probably have an hardware problem that caused your disk
> > failures.
> >
> >> is there any way that
> >> Debian just ignore the error and continue the boot and at least
> >> give me the command prompt where i can just copy all the stuff to
> >> USB or another drive.
> >
> > ..yes.  Use a _working_ machine, one without bad hardware.
> > You will find that _much_ easier, and _much_ cheaper than
> > trying to mess with bad file systems on a blown up piece
> > of junk.
> >
> 
> right now i didnt had enough time to troubleshoot so i just started
> recovering it from the backup disk. however i thought that it could be
> the partition level issue. (i mean logical) but i was wrong i deleted
> the partition via windows XP boot CD but still giving me the same
> error which means that there is some thing with the hardware.anyways
> bad luck. now constructing the whole thing again :(
> 
> Thanks,

..well, it could have been worse, imagine if you didn't have
a back-up. ;o)

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.


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