Can't Boot After FC5 Upgrade to FC6

JonBL · 01-29-2007, 02:24 AM

This thread follows on from thread 521848 - "Occasional fsk.ext3 Error at Boot Time

Following a suggestion in that thread, I've upgraded FC5 to FC6, then done "yum update" At reboot, I get

"USB 1-1 device not accepting address 2 error -62"

I then get

"Checking filesystems
e2fsk: Cannot continue, aborting [FAILED]"

This is an issue with an external disk drive attached to a USB port. /etc/fstab has a line for this device. When I specify the root password, I can vi /etc/fstab (in an attempt to remove the entry for the offending device), but the file is opened readonly - I cannot edit it. Permissions are rw for the owner root.

I now have an FC6 box I cannot boot. When it was FC5, the occasional [FAILED] issue was successfully dealt with by a reboot.

Can anyone suggest how to edit /etc/fstab, or some other way to get this box bootable.

TIA,
Jon

cyberfreaker2k · 01-29-2007, 04:44 AM

Hi,
Use your fedora Disk And Boot in rescue mode at Boot prompt by typing
Linux Rescue
after the system boots up change to the installed Fedora installation by
typing chroot /mnt/sysimage
now browse to the fstab file and try editing

Good Luck !!

JonBL · 01-30-2007, 01:01 AM

Boot problem fixed as per suggestion - thank you Cyber! Now back to the "Checking filesystems" issue...

Postscript
Now that I can boot, the external disk drive appears on /dev/sdc1 on my FC6 upgrade, whereas it was originally on /dev/sdb1 on the FC5 install. The disk is plugged into the same physical USB port...

Anyway, /etc/fstab has been re-edited to now mount /etc/sdc1 on /.snapshots, and the mount problem is now fixed. I still get the "usb 1-1 ..." boot message, but booting completes, and /dev/sdc1 is mounted as expected. The "usb 1-1" message is a mystery to me, but I've got the box back again.