stability of RHEL ES 4 (was: RE: trouble installing/running the Domain Name Service Configuration Tool)

[Ed McCorduck]

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> Rick Stevens
> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 1:07 PM
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> Subject: Re: stability of RHEL ES 4 (was: RE: trouble 
> installing/running the Domain Name Service Configuration Tool)

> > Perhaps I should have been clearer about why I can't boot. 
> When I do, 
> > I get these lines and the process stops:
> > 
> > EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
> > mount: error 22 mounting ext3
> > mount: error 2 mounting none
> > switchroot: mount failed: 22
> > umount /initrd/dev failed: 2
> > Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
> 
> That's because the boot loader (probably grub--could be LILO) 
> couldn't load the ext3 filesystem module from your initrd 
> image.  Therefore it couldn't mount the root filesystem.
> 
> If you power off the machine for a few minutes, I'll bet it 
> boots again. If that's the case, check the CPU fan and power 
> supply as I mentioned in another message.
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Nope, I keep getting those lines and boot won't continue. I'll
definitely look into the power supply and cooling fan possibilities.
Thanks again for pointing me in that direction. 


Ed McCorduck
Ed.McCorduck at Cortland.edu
http://McCorduck.ws